What is recorded here

Gallaun is a tall standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, caught inside a much younger earthwork called Cromwell's Fort. The ancient upright predates the fort by millennia, forcing humans to build around a marker they did not understand or choose to control. Its base still carries packing stones and a leaning slab, evidence that people kept returning to steady what time had loosened.

Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In marsh, on level break in N-facing slope. Stone (H 2.1m; 1.4m x 0.5m) is irregular 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

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