What is recorded here

Gallán is a heavily overgrown rectangular standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It stands on a south-facing slope above a stream valley, its long axis pointing east-west. The stone rises just over a metre tall and half a metre wide, partially hidden by pasture growth. It has watched the valley for centuries, silent and steady while seasons changed around it.

In pasture, on S-facing slope overlooking stream valley. Heavily overgrown rectangular stone (H 1.07m; 0.92m x 0.51m); long axis E-W. 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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