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Galláin — Newcastle

Standing stone — pair

Why this matters

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.

What is recorded here

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
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