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Gállan

Standing stone (present location)

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Gállan is a 1.5m standing stone in County Cork pasture, moved beside a field fence around 1983. It may be one of three stones Bowman listed in 1934, including markers in O'Connor's, O'Sullivan's and O'Donoghue's fields. The stone has been relocated once already; it may belong to a smaller group rather than a single monument.
Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Stone (L 1.5m; 0.68m x 0.42m) removed from original location (CO022-066----) c. 1983 and now lying beside field fence to E. May be one of three stones (10080, 10081) referred to by Bowman (1934, 500) in this townland: '(a) in C.M. O'Connor's, 2ft 2in high, by 5ft 3in by 19in; (b) in T. O'Sullivan's, 3ft 1in by 87in girth; (c) in P. O'Donoghue's, 2ft 9in by 7ft 11in girth'. 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 revision: 18 November 2009

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