What is recorded here

In Tonavane, County Kerry, a 23-foot sandstone gallaun lay stretched across a low mound beside a man-made passage leading into a natural cave. The stone marked a place where human hands shaped the earth before memory faded, perhaps guiding visitors through darkness or anchoring a ritual now forgotten. Its destruction removed a bridge between the visible field and the hidden cave, leaving only the cave itself as a ghost of what the stone once pointed to.

'The minutes of a meeting of the County Kerry Field Club in November 1940 describe this site as follows: "In one of the fields is a gallaun, now stretched, of sandstone. It lies on top of a low mound and is 23 (6.9m) feet long. About 100 yards to the south of this is the Man-made underground passage described in previous minutes, which leads into a large natural cave." The Man-made underground passage would appear to be that marked "Cave" on the OS maps [KE038-002001-] suggesting that the marked location is in the general area of this now destroyed site.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 24 August 2012

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.