What is recorded here

Gallan is a rectangular standing stone in West Cork, two metres tall and aligned northwest to southeast on an east-facing pasture slope. It has watched weather cross the field for centuries, steady while grass and shadow changed around it. A person may have set it there to mark a boundary, honour a loss or simply give the horizon a witness.

In pasture on E-facing slope. Rectangular stone aligned NW-SE (H 2m; 1.03m x 0.96m). 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, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for Gallan, Ceancullig.

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