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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
 Wassu stone circles | |
| Location | The Gambia and Senegal |
| Includes |
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| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (iii) |
| Reference | 1226 |
| Inscription | 2006 (30th Session) |
| Area | 9.85 ha (24.3 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 110.05 ha (271.9 acres) |
| Coordinates | 13°41′28″N 15°31′21″W / 13.69111°N 15.52250°W |
  Location of Senegambian stone circles in The Gambia  Senegambian stone circles (Senegal) | |
The Senegambian stone circles (French: Cercles mégalithiques de Sénégambie), or the Wassu stone circles,[1] are groups of megalithic stone circles located in the Gambia north of Janjanbureh and in central Senegal. Spread across a region 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi),[2] they are sometimes divided into the Wassu (Gambian) and Sine-Saloum (Senegalese) circles, but this is purely a national division. Containing over 1,000 stone circles and tumuli (1,145 sites are recorded by a 1982 study[3]) spread across an area 350 km (220 mi) long and 100 km (62 mi) wide, the Senegambian stone circles are the largest concentration of stone circles seen anywhere in the world, and they are an extensive sacred landscape that was used for more than 1,500 years.[4][5] The sites were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006.[5]
- ^ Matt, Phillips; Andrew, David; Bainbridge, James; Bewer, Tim; Bindloss, Joe; Carillet, Jean-Bernard; Clammer, Paul; Cornwell, Jane; Crossan, Rob; et al. (Authors) (September 2007). The Africa Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent. Coordinated by Matt Phillips. Footscray, Australia: Lonely Planet. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-74104-602-1. OCLC 144596621.
- ^ Laport et al. 2012, p. 410
- ^ Curdy, Philippe (1 January 1982). "Mbolop Tobé (Santhiou Kohel, Sénégal). Contribution à la connaissance du mégalithisme sénégambien" [Mbolop Tobé (Santhiou Kohel, Sénégal). Contribution to the knowledge of Senegambian megalithism]. Archives Suisses d’Anthropologie Générale (in French).
- ^ Stone Circles of Senegambia [in] Alvarez, Melissa, Earth Frequency: Sacred Sites, Vortexes, Earth Chakras, and Other Transformational Places, pp. 152–3, Llewellyn Worldwide (2019), ISBN 9780738755410 [1] (Retrieved 8 July 2019)
- ^ a b "Stone Circles of Senegambia". UNESCO World Heritage List. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 13 February 2022.