The Seven Monuments

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

The Seven Monuments
Native name
Irish: Na Seacht Séadchomhartha
Moanmore East Stone Circle, Masonbrook Ring
Location of The Seven Monuments in Ireland
Typestone circle
LocationMoanmore East, Loughrea,
County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates53.185870°N 8.521743°W / 53.185870; -8.521743
Builtc. 2500–500 BC
Official nameMoanmore East Stone Circle
Reference no.498

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. "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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