What is recorded here

Gallauns is a multiple-stone circle in County Cork, Ireland, holding four boulder-burials within a fourteen-metre NE-SW axis. It sits on a NW-facing slope above the Owvane river valley, marked by two entrance stones and one axial stone. The prostrate slabs on its perimeter may be displaced uprights, suggesting the circle once stood taller before time or hands laid it low.

In pasture, on a platform on a NW-facing slope on the S side of Owvane river valley. Circle represented by two entrance stones and an axial stone, measuring 1.1m to 1.6m L, 0.4m to 0.6m T and 1m to 2m H. Two prostrate slabs on the perimeter may be displaced orthostats. Internal measurement along the main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 14m. Within the circle is a regular group of four boulder-burials (CO106-00502-, CO106-005003-, CO106-005004-, CO106-005005-). (Ó Nualláin 1984, 19, no. 24; Roberts 1988, Ch. 5, no. 27) This is a National Monument in State Care (no. 450). 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

Probably dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, given the presence of a stone circle configuration. The site may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to seasonal or astronomical events, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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