What is recorded here

Gallaun stands 3.43 metres tall inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, proving that human ambition often stacks rather than replaces. The prehistoric stone predates the later earthwork by millennia, forcing the fort builders either to honour its age or to ignore it entirely. A leaning slab now braces its base after Chatterton recorded the upright shaking easily in 1839, suggesting someone finally listened to the warning written in its wobble. The site remains a layered collision where old stone, new power and human patience still argue across centuries.

Not shown on 1842 and 1940 OS 6-inch maps. Shown on 1904 OS 6-inch map as single standing stone. Removed; no visible surface trace. 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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