What is recorded here

Gallaun stands tall inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, proving that human ambition often stacks rather than replaces. The prehistoric upright predates the later earthwork by millennia, forcing the fort builders either to honor its presence or to ignore it entirely. A leaning slab now braces its base after Chatterton recorded shaking in 1839, turning ancient patience into visible engineering. The stone continues watching northern pasture while human urgency comes and goes around it.

In pasture with commanding view to N. Subrectangular stone aligned ENE-WSW (H 1.35m; 1.2m x 0.45m). 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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