What is recorded here

Standing stones mark places where people believed the world could be read. In Kilteenbane, the stone has fallen and broken, yet it still occupies the land between river and hill. Its height is no longer certain, but its presence remains clear enough to remember.

The 'Gallaun' marked on the OS map now lies prostrate on the fairly level tract of land between the Finglas river and the foot of Corrin hill. It has broken into at least 3 fragments, the largest measuring 2.3m x 1.5m x .2m. Windele (1838, 106) described it as 3.7m high and 1.5m wide. The measurements in the OSNB (Kilgobban, 34) are slightly less: 3m high and 1.2m in diameter. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 122. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ceremonial or territorial significance; local folklore sometimes associates such stones with legendary figures or supernatural events.

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