What is recorded here

Gallán is a standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It rises beside the River Funcheon, hidden from old maps but marked now by graffiti across its surface. The stone stands in pasture, slight and irregular, waiting for people to notice what it has always shown.

Not marked on 1842 and 1906 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, in flood plain, on E side of River Funcheon. Stone (H 1.95m; 1.1m x 0.7m) is subrectangular in plan and irregular in shape, long axis ESE-WNW. Packing stones exposed at base. Entire stone covered with graffiti. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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