Gallaun

In level pasture, atop ridge. Row of three stones, one of which is prostrate. Two upright stones are aligned ENE-WSW. W stone is a massive slab 1.15m L, 0.3m T and 2.9m H. E stone, 1.2m from the last, is split in two pieces; it is 0.7m L, c. 0.5m T and 0.7m H. Third stone lies beside it to N; it is 2.75m by 0.4m by at least 0.55m T. It seems likely that it formed part of the row. (O Nualláin 1988, 237, no. 54; Roberts 1988, Ch. 4, no. 1) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, the alignment may have had ceremonial or astronomical significance. Such stone arrangements often marked territorial boundaries or were used in ritual practices associated with the landscape.