Sungbo's Eredo

Yoruba (Ife-Benin) · Nigeria

Field notes

civilizations

Yoruba (Ife-Benin)

types

Wall

occupied

800 CE — 1,100 CE

country

Nigeria

The site

Sungbo's Eredo is a vast system of defensive walls and ditches southwest of the Yoruba town of Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Built within the Ife-Benin cultural world, it is said to honor the Ijebu noblewoman Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo. This monumental earthwork, dated to roughly 800 to 1100 CE, sits on Nigeria's tentative list of potential UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Nearby sites

~111 km

Ile Ife

~183 km

Benin Moat

~545 km

Nok culture

~1,176 km

Bandiagara Escarpment