What is recorded here

Gallaun is a tall standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, trapped inside a much younger fort called Cromwell's Fort. The prehistoric upright predates the military earthwork by millennia, creating a strange layered collision where ancient belief meets later conquest. A leaning slab now braces its base after visitor Chatterton recorded in 1839 that the stone shook easily, proving human hands have long fought to keep its shadow steady against the sky.

In rough grazing, on E-facing slope. Stone (H 1.3m; 0.8m x 0.25m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis NE-SW. 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

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or ceremonial feature. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for Gallaun, An Screathan Mór.

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