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Gallauns in Comalán

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On level patch of ground, below rocky knoll at NE end of Clear Island. Two upright stones, aligned N-S, and one prostrate slab. N stone is 1.2m L, 0.4m T and 2.3m H, and is pierced by hole. S stone, 0.85m from last, is 1.15m L, 0.3m T and 2.65m H. Prostrate slab, concealed by field debris, lies 1.35m to the S and is 3.4m in maximum dimension. (O Nualláin 1988, 237. no. 56; Roberts 1988, Ch. 3, no. 5).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO153-012

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