Galláin

In rolling pasture, at head of broad valley opening to SE to River Martin. Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 0.95m apart; overall length is 3.3m. NE stone is 2.05m L, 0.3m T and 1.95m H. SW stone is 0.9m L, 0.6m T and 1.4m H. Third stone, on same alignment, stands 7.5m to NE; it is 1.05m L, 0.5m T and 1.3m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 244, no. 98) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the pair of stones at Galláin may have functioned as a boundary marker or ritual alignment. No specific folklore is recorded, though such paired stones often feature in local legends as ancient memorials or fairy sites.