Gallaun in Derryclogh Lower, boulder-burial in County Cork

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What is recorded here

On level pasture on slight S-facing slope, c. 500m N of Saivnose river. Flat-topped boulder (1.9m x 1.75m; T 1m) resting above three support stones. Three other stones beneath its N edge. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 6, no. 3) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO133-016

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