The Seven Monuments
The Seven Monuments is an embanked stone circle and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.[1]
The Seven Monuments | |
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Native name Irish: Na Seacht Séadchomhartha | |
Moanmore East Stone Circle, Masonbrook Ring | |
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Type | stone circle |
Location | Moanmore East, Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53.185870°N 8.521743°W |
Built | c. 2500–500 BC |
Official name | Moanmore East Stone Circle |
Reference no. | 498 |
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
- "Preservation Orders" (PDF). archaeology.ie. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- PIP. "MOANMORE EAST STONE CIRCLE/MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF IRELAND.COM".
- Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (1 January 1975). "The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". The Society – via Google Books.
- "Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society". O'Gorman Printinghouse. 1 January 1978 – via Google Books.
- McNally, Kenneth (25 October 1984). Standing stones and other monuments of early Ireland. Appletree Press. ISBN 9780862811211 – via Google Books.
- "megalithomania: Moanmore West (Galway) :: Stone Circle :: Visit notes".
- Weir, Anthony. "County Galway - selected monuments".
- Spellissy, Sean (1 January 1999). The history of Galway. Celtic Bookshop. ISBN 9780953468331 – via Google Books.
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