Thimlich Ohinga

Thimlich Ohinga is a complex of stone-built ruins in Migori County in Kenya. It is the largest of 138 sites containing 521 stone structures that were built near Lake Victoria in Kenya. These sites are highly clustered. The main enclosure of Thimlich Ohinga has walls that are 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in thickness, and 1–4.2 m (3.3–13.8 ft) in height. The structures were built from undressed blocks, rocks, and stones set in place without mortar. The densely packed stones interlock. The site is believed to date to the 15th century or earlier.

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Thimlich Ohinga ranks #914 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 3 mapped in Kenia. Fundado en ca. 1450, más antiguo que el 53% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 243 atlas entries founded in the siglo XV. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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