What is recorded here

Gallán is a standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It stands nineteen decimetres tall on a west-facing pasture slope, its rectangular body tilted slightly toward the evening light. The stone has watched herds move and storms pass for centuries, steady enough to mark property or prayer, though no human hand remains to explain which.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Stone (H 1.9m; 0.68m x 0.55m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis WNW-ESE. 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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