What is recorded here

Galláin holds three stones in a Cork pasture, two standing parallel and one buried beneath grass and briars. The first rises 1.35 metres, the second 0.85 metres, and both lean along slightly different north-south lines as though aligned to forces no longer visible. Hartnett saw only two stones in 1939, suggesting the third has sunk or been hidden since. The group does not explain itself; it waits beside the pasture road with one member already half-erased.

In pasture. Group of three stones: first stone (H 1.35m; 1m x 0.5m) stands 0.4m from and parallel to second stone (H 0.85m; 1.6m x 0.7m); long axes SE-NW and SSE-NNW, respectively. Third stone lies adjacent to these to NW but is almost completely grass-covered. Site heavily overgrown with briars. Hartnett (1939, 116) recorded two standing stones. 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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