What is recorded here

Gallán is a subrectangular standing stone in County Cork, Ireland, rising 0.83m on a south-facing pasture slope. It aligns NNW-SSE and still stands beside older possible stones marked on the 1842 map. People may have set it, aligned it to the sun, or simply left it proud of the grass.

Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map c. 55m to S of possible standing stones (CO071-034001-). In pasture, on S-facing slope. Stone (H 0.83m; 0.8m x 0.53m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis NNW-SSE. 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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