Galláin in Parkana, standing stone in County Cork

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What is recorded here

On top of a small hillock, 180m N of Durrus river. Stones stand 6.4m apart, long axis NE-SW. Stone to NE and SW measure H 0.65m; 0.6m x 0.55m, and H 1.2m; 1.1m; 0.4m respectively. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 251, no. 169; Roberts 1988).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO118-056

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