Monuments and Heritage Sites - Provinces
Proclaiming, Preserving, and protecting Sierra Leone's Monuments and Relics Since 1948. Making the past relevant to the present and future.
Bunce Island (also spelled "Bence," "Bense," or "Bance" at different periods) is an island in the Sierra Leone River. It is situated in Freetown Harbour, the estuary of the Rokel River and Port Loko Creek, about 20 miles (32 kilometres) upriver from Sierra Leone's capital city Freetown. Bunce Island was first settled and fortified by English slave traders circa 1670. During its early history, the castle was operated by two London-based firms: the Royal African Company and its offshoot,
This is a text. To edit this text, click here and replace it with your own content.This is a text. To edit this text, click here and replace it with your own content.This is a text. To edit this text, click here and replace it with your own content.This is a text. To edit this text, click here and replace it with your own content.This is a text. To edit this text, click here and replace it with your own content.This is a text. To edit this text, click here and replace it with your own content.
In 1893 the British and the French Forces who were allies fired accidentally on each other while pursuing Samory’s sofa warriors. It was a dark, misty morning, when the British fought the French, each party mistaking the other for the sofa warriors. By the time the mistake was realized, Captain Lendy on the British side and Lieutenant Maritz on the French side had been killed. Some other soldiers also died together with these two officers. Both Lendy and Maritz were buried on the spot and afterwards their brother officers erected a memorial cross over them.
Paterson and Zochonis (PZ) was a business venture between George Paterson and George Zachonis established in Sierra Leone in the late 1800s. Paterson was a Scottish businessman and Zochonis was Greek. The businesses of these two individuals, especially in Freetown and Bonthe, were highly successful. PZ, a commercial area in the center of Freetown, Sierra Leone, is named after
Paterson, Zochonis and co
. More relics of their commercial infrastructure are found especially on York and Sherbro Islands in Bonthe District.
The Bonthe Clock Tower is one of the oldest clock towers in Sierra Leone. It is also the only clock tower with a functioning clock - though out of order at the moment.
This is a text. To edit this text, click here and replace it with your own content. This is a text. To edit this text, click here and replace it with your own content.This is a text. To edit this text, click
They called here the White Man’s Grave, yet many filed to their death. Here, on the children’s playground of Minnie Mull School on Sherbro Island is the Tombstone of Arthur Young, who died in 1873 at the young age of 38 - now a relic of God’s Love, he was the 1st son of Charles Edmund and Frances Buck Keene.
MABANG COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (Mabang, Moyamba | Sierra Leone)1909 through a generous contribution by Samuel Thomas, Esq.Did You Know - that FBC relocated here during WWII? Now you know!
Bai Bureh (February 15, 1840 – August 24, 1908) was a Sierra Leone ruler, Military Strategist, and ,Muslim cleric who led the Temne and Loko uprising against British rule in 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone. Bai Bureh was born in 1840 in Kasseh, a village near Port Loko in Northern Sierra Leone. Bureh's father was a Muslim cleric and an important Loko War-chief and his mother was a Temne Trader from Makeni Bureh himself was a devout Muslim of the Sufi tradition of Sunni Muslim
“National Historic Protected Site-Chief Mani Sundu-1902-1984” “This plaque placed over his remains by the Monuments and Relics Commission in recognition of his philanthropy.”
This day of our Lord January 19th 2018. The plaque bearing these words was unveiled by the Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Hon Sidie Yahya Tunis to mark the official recognition of late Chief Mani Sundu’s grave as a National Historic Heritage Site on Friday 19th January, 2018 at Sundu Bar junction, Koidu city, Kono District.
This mass grave in Kenema is one of the largest mass graves in Sierra Leone. Nearly 100 people were killed here on February 9, 1999 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels opened fire on civilians they gathered at an open field. The people of Kondehbotinu have protected the mass gravesite, which is located by the town barray, in Kondehbotihun. This is one of the recommended sites for proclamation as a monument
Slaughter House
The Kailahun Slaughter House was the headquarters of the notorious Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Commander, Sam Bockarie alias
Maskita, during the Sierra Leonean civil war (1991 - 2002). Many people were tortured, strangulated, and killed here. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommended that the Government of Sierra Leone claim the building and protect it. It is important that this building is preserved as a monument and site of conscience.
