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Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as pair of standing stones and named 'Gallauns'. Shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map as pair of stones standing c. 40m to S of possible standing stones (6587). In high cutaway bog to S of Musheramore Mountain. Removed; no visible surface trace. May be stones described by Broker (1937, 23) on Tim Kelliher's land, atop mountain and consisting of 'two standing stones -3 or 4ft. high and 8ft. girth' with 'flag lying between them 4ft. wide and 6ft. long'; 'Donal Damanta was buried here'; 'stones removed by MatthewTwomey to make gullet under the road'.
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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