Bono Manso – Brong Capital & Rock Domes
Bono Manso · Bonon · Bono Mansu
Bono state (c. 1200–1723 CE; sacked by Asante)·Akan (Bono / Brong)·🇬🇭 Bono Region, 18 km south of Techiman, Tain River headwaters, Ghana
About
About Bono Manso – Brong Capital & Rock Domes
First Akan walled capital, Bono Manso's laterite wall (1.9 km) encloses iron workshops and overlooks granite rock domes with shrine caves, sacked 1723 by Asante, memory in Techiman regalia.
Why it mattersKey Bono state (c. 1200–1723 CE; sacked by Asante) site illustrating Akan (Bono / Brong) urbanism and first large akan walled state capital controlling tain gold and rock dome shrine.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Rock dome shrine chronology
Theories
- 01Bono as first Akan state model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Bono capital founded by Bonohene Asaman c. 1200
- Period
- Bono state (c. 1200–1723 CE; sacked by Asante)
- Culture
- Akan (Bono / Brong)
- Builders
- Akan (Bono
- Purpose
- First large Akan walled state capital controlling Tain gold and rock dome shrines
- Excavation
- Excavated
Bono capital founded by Bonohene Asaman c. 1200
Initial construction / foundation
20th century
Modern archaeological survey and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
7.4500° N · 1.8500° W · 320 m · 3 mapped features
Bono Manso — Principal Gate
gateMain gate and rampart section at Bono Manso – Brong Capital & Rock Domes
7.4506° N · 1.8494° WBono Manso — Central Forum/Basilica
forumForum–basilica complex at Bono Manso – Brong Capital & Rock Domes
7.4500° N · 1.8500° WBono Manso — Baths/Cisterns
bathsBaths and cistern cluster at Bono Manso – Brong Capital & Rock Domes
7.4494° N · 1.8506° W