What is recorded here

Gallán is a pair of standing stones in County Cork, Ireland. One stone lies broken in rough pasture while the other still stands beside the Sullane River valley. They are aligned like a narrow gateway, as if marking a boundary between the living land and whatever moves beneath it.

In rough pasture, on S side of Sullane River valley. SW stone, split in two pieces, is prostrate. When intact it would have measured c. 2.1m by c. 0.7m by c. 0.35m T. Second stone, 1.85m to NE, is 0.7m L, 0.3m T and 1.3m H. Stones appear to have been aligned NNE-SSW. (O Nualláin 1988, 252, no. 178) 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

Likely dating to the Early Christian or Bronze Age period, the stones may have functioned as a pair for ritual, territorial, or commemorative purposes. Local tradition or folklore is not recorded, but the name "Gallán" may reference a historical or saintly figure associated with the site.

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