The Stone Circles of Senegambia

The Stone Circles of Senegambia are found in about 100 km wide and 350 km long to the north of the Gambia River and include 1053 stone circles with a total 28,931 monoliths. Some of these circles have been selected for world heritage listing - at two locations in The Gambia (Wassu and Kerbatch), with two in Senegal (Sine Ngayène and Wanar). Their age remain a mystery but a limited amount of recent excavation work suggests that they date from between the 3rd century BC and 16th century AD. Thus they pre-date the current inhabitants of the area, the Manding people, who only arrived later. This is one of only three trans-boundary world heritage properties in Africa.