What is recorded here
Gallaun is a 3.43 metre standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, whose base is braced by packing stones and a leaning slab. It stands inside a later earthwork called Cromwell's Fort, forcing a choice between deliberate inclusion or careless overlap. The stone has survived loosening, shaking and human indifference, while the fort lends it a newer identity.
In pasture on S-facing slope. Rectangular stone aligned N-S (H 1.25m; 1.04m x 0.23m).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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