The Seven Monuments

The Seven Monuments
Native name
Irish: Na Seacht Séadchomhartha
Moanmore East Stone Circle, Masonbrook Ring
Location of The Seven Monuments in Ireland
Type stone circle
Location Moanmore East, Loughrea,
County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates 53°11′09″N 8°31′18″W / 53.185870°N 8.521743°W / 53.185870; -8.521743Coordinates: 53°11′09″N 8°31′18″W / 53.185870°N 8.521743°W / 53.185870; -8.521743
Built c. 2500–500 BC
Official name: Moanmore East Stone Circle
Reference no. 498

The Seven Monuments is an embanked stone circle and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.[1]

Location

The stones stand by the roadside about 3.4 km (2 miles) southeast of Loughrea.[2][3][4]

History

The Seven Monuments were erected c. 2500–500 BC.[5]

Description

The Seven Monuments are an embanked stone circle with central cairn. The mound is 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high and 22 m (72 ft) across and each of the seven stones is a pillar 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high and 25 cm (9.8 in) thick. [6]

Nearby is a terraced mound which may have been an assembly-place.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/publications/PO10V1_AllCounties.pdf
  2. ↑ PIP. "MOANMORE EAST STONE CIRCLE/MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF IRELAND.COM".
  3. ↑ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (1 January 1975). "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society". O'Gorman Printinghouse. 1 January 1978 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ McNally, Kenneth (25 October 1984). "Standing stones and other monuments of early Ireland". Appletree Press – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "megalithomania: Moanmore West (Galway) :: Stone Circle :: Visit notes".
  7. ↑ Weir, Anthony. "County Galway - selected monuments".
  8. ↑ Spellissy, Sean (1 January 1999). "The history of Galway". Celtic Bookshop – via Google Books.
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