What is recorded here

One edge of Gallaun rises like a wall while the other pulls inward, making the stone look like a knife half buried in bogland. It stands barely taller than a person on the south side of the Inny valley, small enough to overlook yet shaped as if chiselled by intention. Whatever it marked has gone quiet, leaving only that uneven line against the flat water and sky.

This standing stone is situated in an area of flat bogland on the S side of the Inny valley. It rises irregularly to a rounded top and is somewhat irregular in plan at base, measuring .6m x .68m; NW-SE. It stands to a maximum height of 1.4m. Its SE edge rises almost vertically, while the other edge tapers inwardly from a point .85m above the base. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 172. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

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