What is recorded here

Gallán is a standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It rises 1.3m from a south-facing slope, its irregular base packed with smaller stones, and it points northeast to southwest across open tillage. The stone has watched the land for centuries, steady while farms and boundaries changed around it.

Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In tillage, in commanding position on S-facing slope. Stone (H 1.3m; 1.6m x 1.25m) is irregular in plan, with packing stones exposed at base; long axis NE-SW. 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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