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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