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Gallaun in Ballynamought

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On SSE-facing slope, in wet heathland. Upright stone (H 1.7m; 1.5m x 0.65m), now vertically split in two; long axis ESE-WNW; thinner portion leans to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO092-048

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