From Peter Lloyd, University of Sussex
I do not wish to denigrate Patrick Darling’s work in surveying Sungbo’s
Eredo— the vast earthworks near Lagos
(11 September, p 38). But I must
take issue with the statement that I “did not realise its significance”.
In a paper published in 1997, Darling writes: “In 1974 I read Lloyd’s [1959]
article and resolved to study the Eredo . . .” He did not stumble across it five
years ago, as your article states.
What’s more, Darling’s recent reports substantially confirm my published
findings.
