Gallaun in Maulnagower, standing stone in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Located in boggy pasture S of the Derreendarragh river, this heavy block-like stone stands 1.95m high and measures 1.32m wide and 1.1m thick at base; NW-SE. Part of its S face has spalled away relatively recently, the debris from it lying scattered near its base. Cork University Press (1996), no. 201.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE092-003

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