What is recorded here

Gallaun stands 3.43 metres tall inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, proving that human ambition repeatedly stacks new meanings upon older stone rather than erasing what came before. The fort carries war and conquest, while the gallaun carries patience and endurance, forcing every visitor to hold two timelines in one breath. Its trapezoidal body, packing stones and leaning slab suggest that people kept returning not to conquer the landscape but to steady what the landscape had already taught them.

In pasture with good views in every direction. Oval stone aligned NE-SW (H 1.3m; 1.1m x 0.4m). 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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