What is recorded here

Gallaun is a tall standing stone in County Kerry, trapped inside a much younger fort named for Cromwell. The prehistoric upright predates the surrounding earthwork by millennia, creating a strange layer where ancient stone meets later military history. A leaning slab now braces its base, possibly added after a visitor recorded the stone shaking easily in 1839. What began as a prehistoric marker became a fort anchor, then a wobbling curiosity, then a stabilized monument. Time kept adding layers instead of resolving the contradiction.

In pasture on E-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 2.45m; 1.35m x 0.98m), long axis NE-SW. 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

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