What is recorded here

Gallán stood nine feet seven inches tall in North Cork until men buried it beneath a milking parlour around 1983. The stone disappeared from human sight but it remains trapped under concrete, waiting for the dairy to crumble or be demolished. It is a ghost in plain sight, marking the exact moment local progress stopped listening to ancient memory.

Not marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Removed c. 1983 and buried beneath milking parlour which now stands on site. According to Bowman (1934, 463), stone was '9ft 7in high by 14ft 5in girth'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Early Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ceremonial or territorial significance. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with saintly figures or supernatural events, though specific traditions for Gallán, Reandallane are not recorded.

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