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Gallauns in Derreenataggart West

Stone circle, multiple-stone

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On level patch of rough pasture on SE slopes of Miskish mountain. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of fifteen stones. Twelve survive, three of these prostrate. Orthostats are 0.4m to 2.4m L, 0.15m to 0.3m T and 1.25m to 1.9m H. Internal measurement along mains axis, aligned E-W, is 7.8m. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 20, no. 26) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO115-011002

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  • Nigel Cox, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nigel Cox, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nomasoft, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • El Gringo ( talk ) ( Uploads ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Mick Garratt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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