What is recorded here

Gallán is a pair of standing stones in County Cork, Ireland, where two large rocks face each other across a narrow gap on a gentle slope. The northern stone leans slightly, the southern stone stands taller, and a smaller boulder sits upright between them like a marker forgotten by time. cattle may have walked past them for centuries, unaware that the gap measured something human beings once cared about.

In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 0.5m apart with boulder set upright between them; overall length is 3.4m. NE stone is 1.2m L, 0.95m T and 2.15m H and leans to N. SW stone is 1.65m L, 1m T and 2.15m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 252, No. 177) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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