Gambia - Wassu Stone Circles Quarry Site

The quarry site is located on a laterite ridge to the east of the Wassu stone circles site. The ridge is covered with grass and other vegetation which obscures the rock outcrop from a distance but the quarries are easy to identify having been open-cast quarried for the stone. The most obvious form is a pillar-shaped quarry where the stone was removed and probably finished. Other shallow cuts and stepped platforms also indicate quarry activity but may also imply natural erosion features. Some partially dressed stones remain in situ but are fractured;which probably led to their abandonment. The site lies on the edge of the outcrop which accommodated the removal of the stone from its matrix. Another quarry lies to the ESE. The quarries appear to have been exploited in no systematic way just for ease of access to the raw material and transportation of the finished products.

Gambia - HIstoric Georgetown

The historic quarter of the Island of Janjangbureh, Historic Georgetown, is being proposed for inclusion in the tentative list as an extension of the Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites inscription. The area encompassing two streets and the environs of the Regional Governor's office and residence, is approximately 500 sq meters in extent and is replete with historic buildings and other relics dating back to the colonial period and earlier. The area continues to evoke the spirit of the island in its heydays.

Some of the buildings in the historic quarter which was the European settlement are in a reasonable state of conservation,especially those that were acquired by the local inhabitants and have been converted to new uses such as accommodation and bar and restaurant facilities to serve the growing tourist industry. Others have been converted to government offices. Many are rapidly decaying or are merely ruins with upstanding walls.