What is recorded here

Gallán is a rectangular standing stone in County Cork, Ireland, overlooking the Lee River valley. It stands slightly taller than a person, leaning gently across a grassy slope where cattle still move around its base. The stone has watched water, weather and human life for centuries, waiting patiently for notice.

In pasture, on N-facing slope, overlooking Lee River valley. Stone (H 1.12m; 0.84m x 0.35m) is rectangular in plan, long axis ENE-WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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