What is recorded here
This stone commemorative plaque records: Erected on the site of building used by Mungo Park as a surgery in 1891-2.
Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer and physician who undertook significant journeys to West Africa, notably tracing the course of the Niger River; his expeditions provided Europeans with some of the first detailed accounts of the region's geography and peoples.
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