What is recorded here

Gallaun is a standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It measures 1.8m long and lies next to a field fence in the south-west corner of a pasture. Local information says it moved about 35m from its original position around 1981. The stone still stands in an ordinary field, yet it carries the shape of an older boundary, possibly marking a path, a burial or a claim forgotten by the people who passed it.

In pasture. Stone (L 1.8m; 1.1m x 0.3m) lies next to field fence, in SW corner of field c. 35m SSW of original position (CO046-082----). According to local information, removed c. 1981 to present location. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 17 December 2009 Revised by: Mary Tunney

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have originally marked a burial or ritual site. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with protective or territorial functions, though specific traditions for this site are not recorded.

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