What is recorded here

Gallán is a rectangular standing stone in County Cork, Ireland, rising 1.8m on a gentle NE-facing slope. It bears the numbers 192 and 10 on its west face, yet resisted mapping in 1842 and 1904. Bowman may have recorded it on P. Murphy's land in 1934, but the stone itself predates every human claim to it. It stands in tillage, patient and unmarked, waiting for someone to read what it has been holding back.

Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In tillage, on gentle NE-facing slope. Stone (H 1.8m; 0.8m x 0.35m) is rectangular in plan, long axis N-S. The numbers 192 and 10 are inscribed on top half of W face. Possibly stone referred to by Bowman (1934, 565) on P. Murphy's land in this townland. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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