Gallan in Glanbannoo Upper, standing stone in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture on N-facing slope. Rectangular stone aligned N-S (H 4.4m; 1.4m x 0.7m). Myler (1998, 106) notes that this is the largest standing stone in the Mealagh Valley and that 'this stone was rumoured to have had markings on it and it is said that a piece of the gallaun was knocked off when it was hit by a bolt of lightning'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO119-002

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