The Seven Monuments

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The Seven Monuments
Native name
Irish: Na Seacht Séadchomhartha
Moanmore East Stone Circle, Masonbrook Ring
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Location of The Seven Monuments in Ireland
Type stone circle
LocationMoanmore East, Loughrea,
County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates 53°11′09″N8°31′18″W / 53.185870°N 8.521743°W / 53.185870; -8.521743 Coordinates: 53°11′09″N8°31′18″W / 53.185870°N 8.521743°W / 53.185870; -8.521743
Builtc. 2500–500 BC
Official nameMoanmore East
Reference no.498

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

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Preservation Orders" (PDF). archaeology.ie. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  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. ISBN   9780862811211 – 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. ISBN   9780953468331 – via Google Books.
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