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Gallán

Standing stone

What is recorded here

On a rise in gently undulating pastureland. This standing stone consists of a squat granite boulder (H c. 2.3m; Wth 1.4m) which irregular in plan. It originally stood on a rectangular stone structure (L 3m; Wth 2m) defined by grassed-over stones but was removed during field clearance in the early 1970s. It now stands against a field boundary some 20m to the SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 December 2019
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance. The base suggests it was part of a more elaborate structure, possibly a cairn or monument.

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What survives
Recorded monument

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