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Senegambian Stone Circles

MegalithicAfricaSenegal & Gambiac. 300 BCEWest African (Senegambian)

Roughly 1,000 stone circles stretching 350 km along the Gambia River across Senegal and the Gambia. Built between ~300 BCE and 1500 CE from precisely cut laterite blocks. The largest concentration of stone circles in the world outside Europe. UNESCO World Heritage.

13.7333°, -15.5167°

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