What is recorded here

Gallán stood alone in a Cork pasture until people removed it without leaving a trace. It appeared on a 1943 map but vanished from earlier ones, suggesting human memory and official record did not agree about when the stone belonged to the field. Its disappearance is not a loss of fact but a reminder that landscapes change when attention turns elsewhere.

Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Marked on 1943 OS 6-inch map as single standing stone. In pasture. Removed; no visible surface trace. 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

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the stone may have had ritual or territorial significance. Its removal and lack of surface trace make its original use or folklore difficult to determine.

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