Proclaimed as a Monument in 1948, De Ruyters Stone is a large syenite boulder in the earth at the King Jimmy Wharf, just below the Connaught Hospital water front view facing the estuary of the River Rokel
Due to frequent attacks on Freetown in the 19th century by the Temne under the leadership of King Tom, the government became nervy about future attacks on the colony. The governor of the day instructed that a Martello Tower be built on the top of Tower Hill as a defense mechanism.
Bunce Island is located twenty miles up-river in the huge Rokel River Estuary, which is the largest natural harbor in Africa and the third largest in the world, after the Sydney and Rio de Janiero Harbors.
The National Railway Museum – the place where children find pleasure in their history Located at Cline Town, east of the capital Freetown, the National Railway Museum has stood the test of time.