Gallán

Shown only on 1938 OS 6-inch map as standing just S of ringfort (CO051-111001-). Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 early medieval period, the name "Gallán" may derive from the Irish *gall* (foreign) or *gallán* (hermit), suggesting a Christian holy man or foreign settler associated with the site. No direct evidence of its original form or use remains, and wider significance is not recorded.