What is recorded here

Gallaun stands 3.43 metres tall inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, where a much younger earthwork swallowed an ancient upright rather than waiting for it to clear. Packing stones and a leaning slab hold its trapezoidal base steady, while Chatterton's 1839 claim that it shook easily hints that people intervened before it vanished altogether. The fort may have been built around the stone or beside it with indifference, but both facts remain visible: human hands kept choosing this exact spot across millennia.

On N side of farm building, abutting W side of field fence. Stone fell in Spring 1985; L 6.65m; 1.3m x 0.8m; broken in two pieces; socket exposed. Re-erected c. 1991. 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

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