The Seven Monuments
The Seven Monuments is an embanked stone circle and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Location. The stones stand by the roadside about 3.4 km (2 miles) southeast of Loughrea. History. The Seven Monuments were erected c. 2500–500 BC. Description. The Seven Monuments are an embanked stone circle with central cairn. The mound is high and across and each of the seven stones is a pillar high and thick. Nearby is a terraced mound which may have been an assembly-place.