Gallaun in Glanleam, standing stone in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In SE quadrant of Cromwell's Fort (KE079-055001-). The standing stone (KE079-055002-) is of approximately rectangular elevation and stands 3.43m in maximum height. It is roughly trapezoidal in plan at base, measuring 1.43m x 0.34m; NE-SW. It averages 0.4m thick. A number of packing stones are visible around its base, and a slab, 1.5m long, leans against its SE face. At present the monument is upright, though Chatterton noted that it was then 'very easily shaken' (1839, 265), an observation which may explain the presence of the supporting slab. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1454.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE079-055002

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