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Gallaun in Balloughton

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Marked only on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a level landscape. This is a granite stone with veins of quartz and a rectangular cross-section (dims. 1.4m NNE-SSW; 1m WNW-ESE; H 3m). A description of cupmarks (Kinahan 1883-4a 234-5; 1883-4c) and of an ogham inscription (Macalister 1949, vol. 1, 47-8) cannot be endorsed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX046-014

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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • GJM Contracts Ltd; individual photographer not named, www.gjm.ie
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