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De Ruyter Stone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

The De Ruyter Stone is a national monument in Sierra Leone. It is located in Freetown and was carved into by Michiel de Ruyter during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1664 when his force arrived in Africa to destroy British settlements.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other archaeological sites in Sierra Leone