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Gallán in Ballydrisheen

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In pasture, on a slight ESE-facing slope. The stone (dims. 2m x 1.15m; H 2.35m) is irregular in plan and orientated WNW-ESE. It is rectangular in shape and tapers towards the top.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE066-077

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