What is recorded here
Gallán is a standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It stands in pasture on a south-facing slope, rising 1.7 metres with a broad east-west base. Its rough rectangular shape points upward like a forgotten marker, waiting for people who no longer remember why they placed it there.
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Stone (H 1.7m; 1.4m x 0.7m) is subrectangular in plan, roughly shaped and pointing to top; long axis E-W.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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