What is recorded here

Gallaun is a 3.43-metre stone standing inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry. The upright predates the fort by millennia, yet the later enclosure swallowed it without explanation. A leaning slab now braces its base, possibly added after Chatterton found it shaking in 1839. The stone has survived both forgetting and handling, still marking the place where human time folded over itself.

In tillage on S-facing slope. O'Leary (1918, 116) recorded stone '7ft high, 2ft wide and 2ft thick'. Now removed, no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Bronze Age, the Gallaun stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or ceremonial monument. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

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