What is recorded here
Galláin is a sandstone standing stone in West Cork, Ireland. It stands 1.1m tall on a south-facing pasture slope with a second stone 12.2m to the south-west. The main block measures 0.7m by 0.31m and aligns east-northeast to west-southwest.
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Sandstone block (H 1.1m; 0.7m x 0.31m), long axis ENE-SWS. Second stone (CO118-008002-) 12.2m to SSW.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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