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Dallán

Standing stone

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Dallán is a standing stone in County Cork, Ireland. It stands ten centimetres taller than a metre, irregular in shape, with its long axis pointing northwest to southeast on a north-facing pasture slope. Cows may have walked past it for centuries, unaware that people once marked the land with its shadow.
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Stone (H 1.05m; 0.5m x 0.5m) is irregular in plan and shape, long axis NW-SE. 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
Dallán, Knockahorrea West is likely a prehistoric standing stone, potentially dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods. Its alignment and location may have had ritual or territorial significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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