Kwiambana is a ruined settlement in what is now the
Kwiambana Forest Reserve. In November 1995 the
Nigerian government submitted the site to
UNESCO as a potential
World Heritage Site.
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The Kwiambana ruins were built on and around a granite inselberg with two peaks.
They were protected by a ditch and a bank between five and seven meters high, topped by a rubble wall.
In areas where the wall passes over bare rock, it is built of mud block with loopholes.
Around the hillside there are some low free-stone walls.
Within the enclosed area are several well-preserved mud structures, and several level sites where buildings may once have stood.][
The walls were constructed of natural coursed rubble, with alternating layers of stone and subsoil, and have resisted erosion.
The settlement, which appears to be ancient, was destroyed during the ]Fulani Jihad
The Fulani War of 1804–1808, also known as the Fulani Jihad or Jihad of Usman dan Fodio, was a military conflict in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon. The war began when Usman Dan Fodiyo, a prominent Islamic scholar and teacher, was exiled ...
in the early 19th century.[
]
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Archaeological sites in Nigeria