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Gallán

Standing stone

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Gallán stood in Cork pasture until field clearance removed it around 1966, joining a second possible stone nearby. Its disappearance feels like a small violence done to memory, yet the empty ground still carries the shape of what was taken.
In pasture. Removed c. 1966 due to field clearance. Second possible standing stone (CO062-077----) c. 100m to SW, in same field. (Walsh 1985, 75, 105, no. 33) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the stone may have been part of a ritual or territorial marker. Local folklore or specific meaning is not recorded.

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