What is recorded here

Gallán is a pair of standing stones in County Cork, Ireland. One stone lies fallen and the other still rises beside it, marking a place where human hands shaped the landscape long before written records. The completed chamber and its lost purpose remain unknown, but the stones still hold the shape of that forgotten act.

In sloping pasture, on N side of Glenakilla valley which opens to Dripsey River to E. E stone is prostrate; it measures at least 1.65m L by 0.6m andis 0.3m T. Second stone stands 2m to W, long axis ESE-WNW; it is 0.9m L, 0.4m T and 1.35m H. A field stone lies between the two. (O Nualláin 1988, 243-4, no. 97) 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

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