What is recorded here

Gallán is a standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It stands in level pasture, subrectangular in plan, with its long axis reaching northeast to southwest. The stone rises 2.3m and measures 1.8m by 0.7m, old enough to predate the 1842 survey map. People may have passed it for centuries, reading markers or memories in its shape.

Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In level pasture. Stone (H 2.3m; 1.8m x 0.7m) is subrectangular in plan, 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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