Gallauns in Baslickane, group in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Situated in level pasture, close to the edge of a low cliff on the E shore of Ballinskelligs Bay, this site comprises three standing stones disposed in a triangular arrangement with the largest stone at SW. The latter stands 2.9m high and measures 1.5m x .2m at base; NE-SW. Similarly orientated, and set 2.1m to the E, is the smallest stone which stands 1.4m high and measures 1m x .25m at base. The third stone, 2.75m N of the last, measures 2.15m x 1.4m x .3m; N-S. Packing stones protrude around the bases of each of the stones (Ó Nualláin 1984a, 72). This site is marked ‘Gallauns’ on the OS maps. Cork University Press (1996), no. 255.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE098-044

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