Standing stone in Cill Chuáin

The 'Gallaun' marked on the OS maps and described as standing '6 feet (1.8m) high' (OSNB Kilquane, 31) now lies prostrate in the flat, boggy plain drained by the Feohanagh river. It is c. 2m long, .65m wide and .45m thick. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 120. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

Dated likely to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1500 BCE), the stone may have functioned as a boundary marker, ritual monument, or astronomical alignment feature. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with early Christian or mythical figures, though no specific tradition is recorded for this site.