What is recorded here

Gallaun is a leaning standing stone in a Kerry forestry plantation, triangular in profile and barely a metre and a half high. It tilts north on a ridge, small enough to overlook yet old enough to outlast the trees around it.

Located in a forestry plantation, this standing stone is situated on a NE-SW ridge. It is roughly triangular in elevation and is 1.39m high and 1.1m wide at base, narrowing towards the top; E-W. The stone now leans heavily to N. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 220. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the standing stone may have functioned as a boundary marker or ritual monument. No specific folklore or detailed local tradition is recorded for Gallaun, An Tulaigh.

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