What is recorded here

Caol An Phréacháin Thoir holds two forgotten gallauns: one lost between map editions and one still squatting in boggy pasture. The surviving stone is a broad, low slab rather than a proud pillar, hunched at the edge of the Iveragh Peninsula as if listening for its missing partner. Bronze Age hands may have set them as markers, memories, or a pair for rituals now unreadable.

In flat pasture, atop ridge, overlooking valley of Glashagloragh river to S. Upright stone (H 1.75m; 0.8m x 0.75m) stands 45m W of four-poster (CO121-033002-). (O Nualláin 1984b, 70, no. 4) 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 Bronze Age, the stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to local landscape features or ancient pathways. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

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