What is recorded here

Gallaun is a fallen pillar stone on the east slopes of Bolus mountain in County Kerry, Ireland. It lies fifteen metres from a small cashel and points toward a stone row hidden further north. The mountain may have worn it smooth or someone may have knocked it over after it stopped serving its purpose. Either way, Gallaun still marks the edge of a place people shaped long before maps existed.

Located about 15m N of a small cashel (KE097-040----) on the E slopes of Bolus mountain, is a prostrate pillar stone. Of regular aspect, it measures 2.35m x .55m x .4m. A stone row (KE097-038----) is located 167m 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. 191. 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, this prostrate pillar stone may have been part of a ritual or funerary landscape associated with the nearby cashel and stone row. Its orientation and positioning suggest a possible ceremonial or territorial function, though specific folklore or symbolic meaning is not recorded.

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