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Gallaun in Farranamanagh

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On terrace on S slope of Seefin mountain on Sheep's Head peninsula. Row of three stones, two of which are prostrate, appears to have been aligned NE-SW. NE prostrate stone is 2.3m x 1.3m and is 0.25m T. Next stone, 2m to the SW, is 1m L, 0.3m T and 2.1m H. Third stone lies 1.8m to SW; it is 3.1m by 1.4m and 0.35m T. (O Nualláin 1988, 252, no. 175; Roberts 1988, Ch.4, no. 58) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO129-011

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