What is recorded here

Gallaun is a tall standing stone on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, set inside a later earthwork called Cromwell's Fort. The stone predates that fort by millennia, reaching 3.43 metres and leaning slightly within a base packed with smaller stones. A visitor in 1839 wrote that it shook easily, yet it still stands beside a new cowshed, watching Bantry Bay through layers of forgotten and ordinary time.

On lower S slopes of Caha Mountains with commanding view to SW over Bantry Bay; new cowshed beside stone. Subrectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 1.7m; 0.7m x 0.45m). 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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