What is recorded here

Galláin is a pair of standing stones in County Cork, Ireland. The NE stone is 0.7m long, 0.5m thick and 2.5m high. The SW stone is 1.2m long, 1.65m thick and 2.5m high. They stand 1.8m apart in a four-metre line. A stone row lies about fifty metres southeast, and another pair lies about one hundred and fifty metres further southeast. The stones mark an open pasture slope where distance and alignment still matter.

In level pasture on gentle S-facing slope. Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 1.8m apart; overall length 4m. NE stone is 0.7m L, 0.5m T and 2.5m H. SW stone is 1.2m L, 1.65m T and 2.5m H. Stone row (CO118-054002-) stands c. 50m to SSE; second pair of standing stones (CO118-054003-) c. 150m to SSE. (O'Nualláin 1988, 247, no. 127; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 10). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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