What is recorded here

Gallaun is a tall standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, caught inside a much younger earthwork called Cromwell's Fort. The stone predates that fort by millennia, forcing a choice between deliberate inclusion or careless reuse of an already sacred marker. It still stands upright after being shaken loose enough to need a leaning slab for support, proving that human patience can hold what time keeps trying to pull down.

On SSE-facing slope, in wet heathland. Upright stone (H 1.7m; 1.5m x 0.65m), now vertically split in two; long axis ESE-WNW; thinner portion leans to N. 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

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