What is recorded here

Gallaun is a tall standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, trapped inside a much younger fortification called Cromwell's Fort. The ancient upright predates the surrounding earthwork by millennia, creating a strange layer where new power claimed old sacred ground. A leaning slab now braces its base after visitor Chatterton shook it easily in 1839, proving that even immutable things need occasional human support.

In level pasture. Sub-rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 2.7m; 1.6m x 0.5m). See Excavations 2001, 50-5. 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

Dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the stone may have functioned as a boundary marker or ritual monument. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

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