What is recorded here

Gallan is a recumbent standing stone inside the north bank of a ringfort in County Cork, Ireland. Its sub-rectangular body aligns west-northwest to east-southeast, measuring 0.86m high, 1.3m long and 0.6m wide. The stone lies within a defended place, suggesting it marked identity, memory or ceremony for the people who lived there.

Inside N bank of ringfort (CO143-035001-). Sub-rectangular stone aligned WNW-ESE (H 0.86m; 1.3m x 0.6m) in recumbent position. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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