What is recorded here

Gallan is a four-sided standing stone in Balrothery Village, County Dublin, marked by plough scars on its western face and surrounded by a modern housing estate. It stands 1.5 metres tall with a clear east-west axis, suggesting people once oriented rituals, boundaries or observation around its shape. The flower bed added in 2010 softens rather than hides it, inviting passersby to notice the old stone instead of walking past another planted border.

Located on the landscaped open space of Cloich Choirneal housing estate in Balrothery Village. It is four-sided with a distinct E-W axis (H 1.5m; 2, L 1.25m; Wth 0.95m). There are a series of plough marks on the lower portion of its W face (Healy 1975, 17). Archaeological test excavation (01E0255) and monitoring (01E0371) were undertaken in advance of the housing estate development. In 2010 a flower bed was placed around the standing stone obscuring its base. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 15 November 2014

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the Gallan stone may have functioned as a boundary marker, ritual monument, or astronomical alignment feature. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with protective or territorial significance.

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