What is recorded here

Five centuries after Cromwell's soldiers passed, the gallaun still stands inside his fort, proving that human urgency often arrives late to stone patience. Chatterton shook it in 1839 and wrote it down; someone later braced it with a leaning slab, turning a temporary wobble into a permanent feature. The fort claims the stone, but the stone outlived the fort's purpose, waiting through cavalry, forgetting and photography for whoever would finally notice it was still there.

On level pasture on slight S-facing slope, c. 500m N of Saivnose river. Flat-topped boulder (1.9m x 1.75m; T 1m) resting above three support stones. Three other stones beneath its N edge. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 6, no. 3) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its significance lies in representing a type of megalithic tomb common in Ireland, reflecting early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.

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