The Seven Monuments | |
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Native name Irish: Na Seacht Séadchomhartha | |
Moanmore East Stone Circle, Masonbrook Ring | |
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 |
Built | c. 2500–500 BC |
Official name | Moanmore East |
Reference no. | 498 |
The Seven Monuments is an embanked stone circle and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. [1]
The stones stand by the roadside about 3.4 km (2 miles) southeast of Loughrea. [2] [3] [4]
The Seven Monuments were erected c. 2500–500 BC. [5]
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]
The Seven Monuments | |
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Native name Irish: Na Seacht Séadchomhartha | |
Moanmore East Stone Circle, Masonbrook Ring | |
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 |
Built | c. 2500–500 BC |
Official name | Moanmore East |
Reference no. | 498 |
The Seven Monuments is an embanked stone circle and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. [1]
The stones stand by the roadside about 3.4 km (2 miles) southeast of Loughrea. [2] [3] [4]
The Seven Monuments were erected c. 2500–500 BC. [5]
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]