What is recorded here

Gallán is a subrectangular standing stone in County Cork, Ireland, rising 1.43 metres on a south-facing pasture slope. Many loose stones cluster beside its southeast edge, suggesting people kept returning to mark, move or remember the site long before surveyors drew it. The main stone still stands firm while the smaller ones scatter like broken sentences, waiting for someone to listen closely enough to complete the thought.

Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Stone (H 1.43m; 1.6m x 1.1m) is subrectangular in plan, with many loose stones thrown beside SE side. 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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