Twenty-one stone circles and one double circle of laterite pillars in the Kaffrine country, part of the Senegambian stone circles (UNESCO).
Construction ran from the seventh to the fifteenth century AD, and the double circle is dated to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by the recent dating programme: on 1 January 1200 the cemetery is in use, and the double circle may be standing new or about to be raised. Burials sealed with mounds, then standing stones, then frontal stones, with traces of funerary houses (excavation of 2008).
Who holds it
- Name
- Not known (people not named)
- Title
- Cemetery and shrine of the megalith builders
- Since
- Not applicable
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
The communities of the stone-circle country between the Saloum and the Gambia (see Stone-circle country); no lord known.
How things stand that morning
A living cemetery and ritual site.
Charter
Not applicable.
Council
Not applicable.
Communities
The builders are not named in any source; Wolof and Fula traditions credit the Serer, the Serer credit the Soos (early Mande-speakers).
Fairs and markets
Not applicable.
Militia
Not applicable.
Trade and crafts
Quarrying and dressing of laterite pillars with iron tools; iron and copper grave goods at related sites.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Dated by excavation (Wikipedia: Senegambian stone circles).
On the map: A point.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.