What is recorded here

Gallán is a standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It stands in the bank on the east side of a burial ground. The rectangular stone reaches 0.9m high and measures 0.66m by 0.25m. Its long axis points WNW-ESE. People may have placed it there to mark the dead or aid the living. It still stands where it was set, watching the field and remembering the hands that moved it.

In bank on E side of burial ground (CO045-09601-). Rectangular stone (H0.9m; 0.66m x 0.25m), long axis WNW-ESE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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