What is recorded here

Gallaun stands at Glanleam in County Cork, where a tall upright stone predates the surrounding fort by millennia. The later structure either embraced the ancient marker or simply ignored it, creating a layered collision of time. A leaning slab now braces the stone after Chatterton found it shaking in 1839, proving that human effort can hold what gravity constantly challenges.

In pasture on S-facing slope. Irregular stone aligned E-W (H 2m; 1.9m x 0.4m). 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

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for Gallaun, Laravoolta.

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