What is recorded here

Gallauns is a stone row in County Cork, Ireland. Three large slabs mark the site, with the third resting on a possible burial. The stones have survived in rough pasture beside the Inchinagat river, preserving a shape that may have served the dead or marked a boundary for those who walked past them.

In rough pasture 100m E of Inchinagat river. Three large slabs, seem to represent a row. NE slab is prostrate and measures 3.2m x 0.9m. Second slab, 0.7m to the SW, is 0.8m L, 0.4m T and 2.35m H. Third slab, 1.6m to SW has fallen and rests on a possible boulder-burial (CO114-04001-); it is 1m L, 0.4m T and 4m H if erect. Anamalous stone groups (CO114-048---) to W.(Ó Nualláin 1988, 236, no. 45). 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

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