What is recorded here

Galláin is a pair of standing stones in flat pasture on the west side of the Glashagarriff River basin, aligned north-northeast to south-southwest with a combined length of 2.9 metres. The taller north-east stone rises 1.8 metres, the shorter south-west stone 1.25 metres, leaving a narrow 1.25-metre gap between them. They may have marked a boundary, a path or a moment when people wanted the land to remember something. Whatever they recorded, they are still pointing across the pasture, waiting for someone to read the direction.

In flat pasture, on W side of Glashagarriff River basin. Stones, aligned NNE-SSW, stand 1.25m apart; overall length is 2.9m. NE stone is 0.9m L, 0.45m T and 1.8m H. SW stone is 0.8m L, 0.4m T and 1.25m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 243, no. 96) 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

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the pair of standing stones at Galláin, Coolgarriff may have functioned as a ritual or territorial marker. Their alignment and positioning suggest possible ceremonial or astronomical significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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