National Monuments are those monuments whose significance transcend their local boundaries, and have been proclaimed as such by the Secretary of State responsible for the administration of the Act, with advice from the NCAC. Proclamation as National Monument constitutes legal protection of a particular monument and site.

Stone Circles
The Gambian Stone Circles form the southern part of a larger Senegambian Stone Circle Complex that extends from the River Gambia north to the River Saloum in the Senegal. The Stone Circles are part of a major collection of Sites that includes various forms of burial mounds, isolated pillar stones, single circles and groups of Stone Circles that may represent cemeteries.

In general the circles appear to be sites of burial. The burials are either single or multiple. Grave goods, as in objects interred with the body, are usually quite poor in quantity. Body adornment is often limited to a bracelet on the wrist; the individual is buried with a weapon, usually a spear. Some pottery vessels are also found, usually upside down. Current thoughts on the date range of these sites is that they are all of Iron Age and date from 400AD-1000AD.


King George V Fountain
This monument is a drinking fountain that was erected through public subscription to commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England on May 12th 1937.






Arch 22
Arch 22 was built to commemorate the military takeover of government on 22nd July 1994. It was built in 1996 by the then military government and marks the entrance to the city of Banjul. It was proclaimed a National in 2002.