What is recorded here

Gallaun is a tall standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, trapped inside a much younger fort called Cromwell's Fort. The stone reached 3.43 metres and still stands beside a leaning slab that may have stopped it falling after Chatterton found it shaking in 1839. Whatever hand built the fort around it, they either honoured the old stone or simply took the space it already occupied.

In pasture on S-facing slope. Rectangular stone aligned E-W (H 2.25m; 1.1m x 0.6m). 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

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

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