Gallauns

In pasture, on the edge of a level terrace, on the lower W-facing slopes of Knockowen. Two upright stones, aligned NNE-SSW, overall length is 3.2m. The taller NNE stone (L 1.5m; T 0.4m; H 2.6m) stands 1.2m from the SSW stone (L 0.6m; T 0.5m; H 1.15m). (Ó Nualláin 1988, 224, fig. 53; 250, no. 160) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the Gallauns standing stones may have functioned as a boundary marker or ritual alignment. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.