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.

Field notes

civilizations

Yoruba (Ife-Benin)

types

Wall

occupied

800 CE — 1,100 CE

country

Nigeria