What is recorded here
Gallán is a rectangular standing stone in County Cork, Ireland, rising 2.25m on a south-southwest-facing pasture slope. Its long axis runs northeast to southwest and narrows toward the top, marking the landscape without decoration. People may have passed it, judged weather by its shadow, or set disputes against its steady presence.
In pasture on SSW-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 2.25m; 1.3m x 0.25m), long axis NE-SW, narrowing towards top.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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