List of National Monuments of Sierra Leone
The National Monuments of Sierra Leone, in West Africa, are proclaimed in accordance with the Monuments and Relics Ordinance of 1947 with Dr Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon serving as the first chairman of the Monuments and Relics Commission.

List of National Monuments of Sierra Leone

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Table Section Text: The National Monuments of Sierra Leone, in West Africa, are proclaimed in accordance with the Monuments and Relics Ordinance of 1947 with Dr Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon serving as the first chairman of the Monuments and Relics Commission.

Site	Location	Founded	Proclaimed	Location	Description

Bunce Island	Sierra Leone River	17th century	1948	8°34′9.86″N 13°2′24.84″W / 8.5694056°N 13.0402333°W	Site of an 18th-century British slave castle on Bunce Island.

Heddle's Farm, Freetown	Freetown	1820	1948	8°28′27.11″N 13°13′3.17″W / 8.4741972°N 13.2175472°W	Prominent residence, now in ruins, that was owned by several notable colonial families.

De Ruyter Stone	Freetown	1664	1948	8°29′18.11″N 13°14′16.8″W / 8.4883639°N 13.238000°W	An inscribed rock left by Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, Freetown's oldest monument.

Bastions of Fort Thornton, Freetown	Freetown	1805	1949	8°29′3.12″N 13°14′0.78″W / 8.4842000°N 13.2335500°W	Fortifications on Tower Hill

Earthworks and Live Stockade at Masakpaidu, Kono	Kono District	c.1800	1949	8°50′49.48″N 11°1′9.43″W / 8.8470778°N 11.0192861°W	An abandoned fortified village that was founded before the arrival of Europeans.

Gateway to the King’s Yard, Freetown	Freetown	1817	1949	8°29′18.85″N 13°14′18.73″W / 8.4885694°N 13.2385361°W	Gateway through which ex-slaves entered the settlement of Freetown.

Ruins of John Newton’s House and slave barracoons, Plantain Island	Moyamba District	1725	1949	7°54′37.43″N 12°59′25.21″W / 7.9103972°N 12.9903361°W	Site of the slaver settlement founded by John Newton.

Cleveland Tombstone	Moyamba District	1791	1950	Near Shenge	An 18th century European gravestone.

Old Wharf Steps and Guard House, Freetown	Freetown	1818/9	1953	8°29′20.13″N 13°14′15.80″W / 8.4889250°N 13.2377222°W	Early 19th century stairs leading down to Government wharf.

Old city boundary guns, Freetown	Freetown	c.1800	1953	1# 8°28′59.90″N 13°12′46.07″W / 8.4833056°N 13.2127972°W 2# No longer visisble 3# 8°28′22.95″N 13°14′11.97″W / 8.4730417°N 13.2366583°W	Three 18th Century cannons that probably came from a condemned slave ship

Old Fourah Bay College building, Freetown	Freetown	1845-8	1955	8°28′37.9″N 13°13′16.3″W / 8.477194°N 13.221194°W	The 19th century four-storey building at Fourah Bay College developed into the first University College in Africa.

St John’s Maroon Church, Freetown	Freetown	1820	1956	8°29′8.8″N 13°14′11.9″W / 8.485778°N 13.236639°W	It is built from the ship timbers that brought the first Jamaican Maroons to Freetown.

St Charles’ Church and King’s Yard wall	Regen Village	1816	1959	8°28′45.56″N 13°13′33.56″W / 8.4793222°N 13.2259889°W	The oldest stone church in Sierra Leone and the third oldest in Africa.

Firing point and guns near Old Wharf, Dublin, Banana Island	Dublin, Banana Islands	18th & 19th century	1956	8°8′11.07″N 13°11′32.66″W / 8.1364083°N 13.1924056°W	Early British fortifications against pirates that were established 80 years before Freetown.

Martello Tower, Tower Hill, Freetown	Freetown	1805	1961	8°29′15.51″N 13°14′7.70″W / 8.4876417°N 13.2354722°W	Built to counter any threat from Napoleon.

Grave of Captain Lendy, Waiima	Kono District	1893	1965	8°9′7.97″N 10°59′47.46″W / 8.1522139°N 10.9965167°W	Burial site of a British officer who was accidentally killed during a conflict with the Wassoulou Empire.

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Bunce Island is one of the Sierra Leonean Monuments.

final_sentence: Bunce Island is one of the Sierra Leonean Monuments.