What is recorded here

Gallaun is a 1.85m standing stone on Valencia Island, County Kerry, incorporated into the hedge of a vegetable garden on the lower slopes of Feaghmaan mountain. It inclines northwest, has uneven faces, and carries a possible small cupmark beside a natural groove on its northwest side. The stone may have marked a boundary, a meeting place, or a remembered event before the garden grew around it.

Situated on the lower SE slopes of Feaghmaan mountain, Valencia Island, this standing stone is incorporated into the enclosing hedge of a vegetable garden. It stands 1.85m high, inclines to NW, and is approximately rectangular in elevation and basal plan. It measures .9m x .5m at base; ENE-WSW. Both faces of the stone are uneven, and on the NW face is a possible cupmark, .05m in diameter and .03m deep, adjacent to which is a natural sinuous groove 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. 180. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a boundary marker or ritual monument. Its incorporation into a hedge suggests later reuse, but any original prehistoric meaning or folklore associated with the site remains undocumented.

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