Gallaun in Cooldorragha, wedge tomb in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In River Lee valley at foot of ridge of outcropping rock some 4.5m from rock-face. Very ruined gallery (L over 2.2m; Wth 1.3m at W end), aligned ENE-WSW, represented by three stones to N and two at S sides. Tall stone (H1.45m) at W end of N side. Some doubt about exact nature of monument, but interpretation as wedge-tomb would not be inconsistent with present evidence. (O Nualláin 1989, 135) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO082-047

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