DECLARED MONUMENTS IN NIGERIA

Citiy Wall, Benin:

These are the most impressive City Walls in the Southern part of Nigeria.

At their highest point, the walls are 30 feet high and the ditch 30 feet deep making total incline of 60 feet.

Unfortunately, in the past few years, the walls have been extensively used as a source of building materials.

Declaration
Declared Monument on 1st June, 1961 (the site thereof, comprising the land lying within fifty fet of the crest of the walls on the inside and within hundred feet of the crest of the walls on the outside: provided that all existing building sited within fifty feet of the crest of the walls on the outside shall be deemed lawfully erected as long as they exist).