What is recorded here

Gallaun is a 3.43 metre standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, trapped inside a later earthwork called Cromwell's Fort. The prehistoric upright predates the fortification by millennia, creating a layered collision where ancient stone meets colonial memory. A leaning slab now braces its base, possibly added after Chatterton recorded the stone shaking easily in 1839. What began as a prehistoric marker became a fortification anchor, then a fence post, then a monument to its own survival.

Incorporated into N-S field fence forming W side of boreen. Stone (H 2.4m; 1.35m x 0.7m) is irregular in plan, long axis NE-SW. 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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