What is recorded here

One account describes a tall stone inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, yet another marks a smaller Cork stone as removed. That conflict may mean two different Gallaun sites, not one failed memory. The Kerry stone still stands beside a later fort, while the Cork stone has vanished into pasture and time.

In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Removed. Hartnett (1939, 57) recorded 'one stone erect' (H 46ins; 36ins x 11ins) with two large packing stones; also a fallen stone (L 44ins; 48ins x 12ins) 42ft to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have been part of a ritual or funerary landscape. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

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