What is recorded here

Gallaun stands in the Iveragh Peninsula, a tall upright that predates the later Cromwellian earthwork surrounding it. The stone still leans slightly after centuries, but the packing stones and supporting slab have kept it visible in the bogland. Its age turns the fort into a younger guest at the stone's table, forcing human history to arrange itself around something older than memory.

In level bogland. Stone (H 1.6m; 1.2m x 0.65m) is subrectangular in plan, leaning slightly to E; long axis NNE-SSW. 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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