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Gallan in Ballyboher

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Marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, where it is described as a stone on the earlier map and as a Gallan in gothic script on the latter. It is situated on a level landscape. This is a granite stone oriented NE-SW with a subrectangular cross-section (dims of base 0.9 1.45m NE-SW; 0.75 1.2m NW-SE; H 2.7m) The top is leaning slightly to the NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX047-056

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