What is recorded here

Gallán is a tall, flat standing stone in Mid Cork, not a hidden chamber or a grand castle. It still stands on a rough grazing slope, leaning slightly through centuries of rain and wind. People may have passed it without knowing its name, but it has watched the land remember itself.

Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In rough grazing, on NW-facing slope. Stone (H 1.1m; 1m x 0.15m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis ENE-WSW. 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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