What is recorded here

Gallaun is a 3.43 metre tall standing stone set inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry. The much older stone predates the fort by millennia, creating a layered place where ancient and later histories collide. A leaning slab now supports its base, perhaps added after Chatterton recorded in 1839 that it shook easily. One account says the stone was later removed and the area became a farmyard, but the image remains of a tall marker standing within a younger fort.

Depicted on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch map as standing stone. Stone removed; area used as farmyard. (Walsh 1985, 109, no. 51) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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