What is recorded here

Gallaun is a tall standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, trapped inside a much younger earthwork called Cromwell's Fort. The prehistoric upright predates the fort by millennia, creating a strange layer where ancient stone and later military ambition collide. A visitor in 1839 found the stone loose enough to shake, yet it still stands today, perhaps stabilized by the leaning slab visible at its base. The site preserves a rare collision of time, where a prehistoric marker was absorbed into a later fortress without losing its identity.

Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Stone (H 1.35m; 0.64m x 0.45m) is lozenge-shaped in plan, with flat top. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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