What is recorded here

Gallan is a rectangular standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It stands two metres high on a west-facing slope beside the River Ilen, aligned northeast to southwest. The stone has watched water flow and grass grow for centuries. People may have placed it to mark time, claim land, or remember someone whose name is no longer spoken.

In pasture on E side of River Ilen on W-facing slope. Rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 2m; 0.9m x 0.4m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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