What is recorded here

Gallán is a sandstone standing stone in County Kerry, Ireland, partially covered with ivy and set against a field boundary that divides two football pitches. It stands nearly two metres tall, rectangular in shape and ovoid in plan, oriented east to west at the western edge of the boundary. Children may have run past it for games while adults forgot it was older than the pitches themselves.

At the W side of a field boundary which divides two football pitches. The stone (dims. 1.63m x 0.67m; H 1.97m) is rectangular in shape and ovoid in plan and orientated E-W. A field boundary is built against the N, S and E faces of the stone. The stone is of sandstone and partially covered with ivy. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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