File:UNESCO Wassu Stone Circles (3686695275).jpg
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Stone Circles of Senegambia Date of Inscription: 2006 Criteria: (i)(iii) Property : 9.8500 ha Buffer zone: 110.0500 ha Central River Division - Gambia, Kaolack Region - Senegal N13 41 28 W15 31 21 Ref: 1226 Brief Description [Stone Circles of Senegambia] The site consists of four large groups of stone circles that represent an extraordinary concentration of over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 km wide along some 350 km of the River Gambia. The four groups, Sine Ngayène, Wanar, Wassu and Kerbatch, cover 93 stone circles and numerous tumuli, burial mounds, some of which have been excavated to reveal material that suggest dates between 3rd century BC and 16th century AD. Together the stone circles of laterite pillars and their associated burial mounds present a vast sacred landscape created over more than 1,500 years. It reflects a prosperous, highly organized and lasting society. Statement of Significance Criterion (i): The finely worked individual stones display precise and skilful stone working practices and contribute to the imposing order and grandeur of the overall stone circle complexes. Criterion (iii): The nominated stone circles, represent the wider megalithic zone, in which the survival of so many circles is a unique manifestation of construction and funerary practices which persisted for over a millennia and a half across a large sweep of landscape, and reflects a sophisticated and productive society. |
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| Source | UNESCO Wassu Stone Circles |
| Author | Niels Broekzitter from Piershil, The Netherlands |
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