What is recorded here

Gallaun is a 3.43 metre standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, set inside a later earthwork called Cromwell's Fort. The prehistoric upright predates that fort by millennia, forcing a choice between deliberate inclusion or careless reuse of an already sacred marker. Packing stones and a leaning slab now hold it steady after Chatterton found it shaking in 1839, while the knoll still faces east toward Cousane Gap.

In pasture atop knoll with excellent view to E to Cousane Gap. No visible surface trace. 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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