What is recorded here

Gallan stands alone in a Cork pasture today, though an 1842 map named a pair called Dallauns. The lost companion may have fallen, buried or been taken, leaving the remaining rectangular stone to mark the field by itself. A ringbarrow sits a short distance west, suggesting the stones and mound once belonged to the same place. What is missing has not stopped the field from remembering the shape of two.

In pasture. Pair of stones depicted and named 'Dallauns' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Single stone (H 1.4m; 1.2m x 0.8m) survives, roughly rectangular in shape. Hartnett (1939, 52) recorded second stone (H 18ins) 11ft to W. Ringbarrow (CO060-106001-) in same field a short distance to W. 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 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the standing stone may have served a ritual or territorial function. The name "Gallán" and local references to "Dallauns" suggest a possible link to early Christian or folk traditions, though its original prehistoric meaning remains unclear.

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