What is recorded here

Gallan stood six feet six inches tall on a southwest-facing Cork pasture until removal around 1965. An 1842 survey marked the stone with a circle of hachures, yet no visible trace remains beside the vanished marker. The grass may still hide the shallow scar where the stone rose, preserving a quiet challenge to human patience and memory.

In pasture on SW-facing slope. Ó Ríordáin (1931, 59) notes this stone as standing (H 6 ft 6 inches; 26 inches wide; 24 inches thick). Stone removed c. 1965. Circle of hachures (CO084-078001-) surround stone on OS 6-inch map (1842); no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, as suggested by the surrounding hachures. Its removal in the mid-20th century has likely obscured any local folklore or specific use.

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