To the memory of Major Alexander Gordon Laing 2nd. West India Regiment The explorer who, at the cost of his life, reached Timbuktu in 1826. Erected in his honour by The Royal African Society in 1963.

Replaced an earlier plaque, which was said to be present in 1959; per https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098415Coordinates are estimated from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_of_Timbuctoo_1896.pngInscription sourced from this BBC programme: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08rb175/morocco-to-timbuktu-an-arabian-adventure-series-1-episode-2