What is recorded here

Gallauns is a three-stone row on the NW slopes of Coomduff ridge, aligned NE-SW and decreasing in height toward the southwest, with a separate outlier 15.5m beyond. The tallest stone leans slightly southeast, the middle leans northwest, and the smallest stands further down like a sentence shortening as it speaks. The row overlooks the Inny river, while the largest standing stone on the peninsula waits 150m to the east. Together they mark a narrow band of moonrise and give the plateau a quiet, measuring purpose.

This stone row is situated on a plateau on the NW slopes of Coomduff ridge, overlooking the Inny river. The tallest standing stone on the peninsula is located 150m to E (KE089-033----). The 8.3m long row consists of three stones, orientated NE-SW, with an outlying monolith 15.5m to SW. The stories of the row decrease in size from NE to SW. The tallest measures 1.9m x 1.4m x .6m and inclines slightly to SE. The second stands 1.2m to SW, and measures 1.2m x .9m x .4m; it inclines towards NW. The third and shortest stone stands 3.8m further to SW, and measures .7m x .5m x .35m. A prostrate slab, 7.6m to S, is largely buried in the ground and its relationship to the row is unclear. The outlier at SW is set roughly in line with the stone row and measures 1.55m x .7m x .6m; packing stones are exposed at its base (Ó Nuallain 1988, 239). Analysing the significance of this monument's orientation, Lynch concluded that it was aligned to W on the S limit of the major lunar standstill (1981b, 26). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 105. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

This stone row is likely from the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, given the typical dating of such features in Ireland. Its alignment and location may have had ceremonial or astronomical significance, possibly linked to local landscape features or seasonal markers.

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