2019-01-10: Sine Ngayene, amazing stones circles. "West African Stonehenge"
With 52 megalithic circles and standing stones Sine Ngayene is the largest megalithic site in Senegambia. It is to the French historian, Raymond Mauny that we owe his discovery. The site was recognized as an oral and intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO in 2006.
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Small stones circle close to the village of Kaymor |
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Small stones circle close to the village of Kaymor |
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Main site in Sine Ngayene. The King's Tomb with two stones circles. |
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Main site in Sine Ngayene. The King's Tomb with two stones circles. |
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Main site in Sine Ngayene. The laterite stones. |
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Our bivouac in a peanuts plantation nearby the site. |
While crossing the village of Puyuma
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