What is recorded here

Gallaun is a 3.43-metre standing stone trapped inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, forcing a clash between millennia. The prehistoric upright predates the later earthwork by thousands of years, yet the fort swallowed it rather than avoided it. A leaning slab now braces the stone after Chatterton recorded it shaking easily in 1839, proving human hands kept answering its quiet threat to fall.

The 'Gallaun' marked on the OS maps at this location was removed in the 1950s. It stood in a field W of Kenmare town, and approximately 400m SE of another standing stone'(KE093-028----). 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. 227. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

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