What is recorded here

Gallan was a tall rectangular stone on a west-facing Cork slope, watching the pasture and sky until a storm around 1983 threw it flat. It still lies there, two and a half metres long, like a giant interrupted mid-sentence. Whatever Gallan marked or resisted, the wind answered once and ended the argument.

In pasture, on WNW-facing slope. Rectangular fallen stone (L 2.53m; 0.69m x 0.53m) which, according to local information, was blown down in a storm c. 1983. 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

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the name "Gallán" may refer to a saint or holy well associated with the site. Such stones often marked ritual or burial sites and could have had both religious and territorial significance.

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