Gallán in Ballyglass, standing stone in County Cork

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What is recorded here

Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In tillage, on WSW-facing slope. Removed; no visible surface trace. Condon (1916, 72) recorded stone (H 5ft 6ins; 4ft 1in x 11in) with 'some markings along the edges but they do not appear to be Ogham'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO051-091

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