What is recorded here

Gallán was a solitary standing stone in Mid Cork pasture, marked on maps only after 1940 and removed around 1981. It stood beside a field fence near other ancient stones, visible enough to survey but ordinary enough to forget. Its disappearance left no scar, only absence. What it marked, whether a boundary, memory or warning, has gone with it.

Not shown on 1842 and 1903 OS 6-inch maps. Marked on 1940 OS 6-inch map as single stone in field to N of possible stone circle (6484) and pair of standing stones (6571). In pasture, beside field fence. Removed c. 1981. No visible surface trace. 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

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