List of National Monuments of Sierra Leone

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The list of national monuments in Sierra Leone contains monuments of the African state of Sierra Leone , which on the basis of the Monuments and Relics Ordinance of June 1, 1947, the status of English "National Monument" was given. These are administered by the Monuments and Relics Commission (MRC).

Currently (as of December 2016) 21 objects are included in the list of national monuments, many of the monuments were damaged or destroyed in the course of the civil war . No monuments were declared between 1966 and 2015.

The numbers correspond to the random classification according to the MRC from June 2019.

Declarations since 1966

Source:

image designation location description construction time Registered
since
Monument
number
BW Zion Methodist Church Wesley St, Freetown
map
Methodist church building 1817 October 23, 2016 19th
Madam Yoko's grave Moyamba Madam Yoko's grave 3rd December 2016 17th
Bai Bureh tomb Port Loko Bai Bureh tomb 2016 18th
Mani Sundu's tomb Koidu Grave of Mani Sundu 19th January 2018 20th

Declarations 1948–1965

image designation location description construction time Registered
since
Monument
number
Bunce Island * Bunce Island * Sierra Leone River in the confluence of the Rokel and Port Loko Creek
Map
Island on which a slave fortress was built in 1670 by a British slave trading company 1670 1948 11
BW De Ruyter Stein King Jimmy Market , Freetown
Map
Rock inscribed by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter around 1607 1949 3
Bastion of Fort Thornton Bastion of Fort Thornton Tower Hill , Freetown
Map
Former bastion that was integrated into newly built government buildings in 1949 1792-1805 1949 6th
BW Remains of the earthworks and palisade at Masakpaidu Kono District in the Chiefdom Nimmi Yema
map
Remains of the enclosure of the Masakpaidu settlement around 1893 1949 15th
BW Stairs of the old port and guard house Freetown
map
1818 1953 1
Gate to the old Kings Yard * Gate to the old Kings Yard * Freetown
map
Remainder of the Kings Yard where freed slaves were temporarily housed 1819 1949 4th
BW Ruins of John Newton's house and slave barracks on Plantain Island Plantain Island
map
Residential house and slave barracks between 1748 and 1754 1949 12
BW Cleveland gravestone District Moyamba in Kagbora Chiefdom
map
Tombstone of chiefdom founder James Cleveland 1791 1950 16
Original building of Fourah Bay College * Original building of Fourah Bay College * Ross Road, Cline Town , Freetown
Map
Historic university building 1845-1848 1955 2


Grave of Captain Lendy Waiima , Chiefdom Fiama , Kono District , Eastern Province Historic graves 1893 1965 14th


BW Martello tower Parliament, Freetown
Map
Historic defense tower 1805 1961 7th
St. John's Maroon St. John's Maroon Freetown
map
1820 (1808?) 1956 5
BW St. Charles' Church and remnants of the walls of the King's Yard Regent , at Freetown
map
1809-1816 1959 10
BW Three city cannons Freetown
map
historical city cannons 1800 1953 9
BW Combat base and cannons at Old Wharf Dublin Island
map
historical battle base around 1810 1956 13
BW Old military shooting range Corner of Hill Cot Rd & King Harman Rd
Map
destroyed 1962 8th

* proposed for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List .

Planned

image designation location description construction time Registered
since
Monument
number
BW Magburaka clock tower Magburaka
card
Clock tower as a monument planned

Unknown status

image designation location description construction time Registered
since
Monument
number
Heddle's Farm Leicester Road, Freetown Location of a historic house 1820 1948
BW Victorian fire place 2 Charlotte St
card
destroyed around 1858 1961
Nomoli Mendeland Stone figures around 1500 1949

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Monuments and Relics Ordinance (1947)" , UNESCO
  2. Newsletter. Monuments & Relics Commission, July 2019.
  3. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA GCRSL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE ARMED FORCES ON THE OCCASION OF STATE OPENING OF THE REUBTHIC PARLIAMENT SESSION OF THE SECONDIC PARLIAMENT SESSION SIERRA LEONE IN THE CHAMBER OF PARLIAMENT BUILDING TOWER HILL, FREETOWN ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 2016 AT 10:00 AM. Sierra Leone State House, December 15, 2016. ( Memento of February 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Zion Methodist Church proclaimed National Protected Heritage Asset. Awoko, October 25, 2016.
  5. Madam Yoko's Grave Proclaimed as a National Monument. Awareness Times, December 8, 2016. ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / news.sl
  6. Kono Chief Sundu recognized by MRC. Awoko, January 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Tentative Lists Sierra Leone. Retrieved June 1, 2012, June 16, 2014.