EZHIMALA CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave and an old burial chamber advertised by Internet websites (note 1) probably consists of a man-made, rock-cut pit with side chambers, which was excavated from laterite to have been used as a sunken burial chamber (sepulchral 'cave') in -meghalithic- time. SITUATION: At a travelling distance of about 55 km (sic! perhaps five and a half miles?) along the road in an unspecified direction from the town of Kannur (N11°51': E75°22') and at a height of 885 feet (270 m asl) at the foot of a certain Ezhimala (note 2), an isolated but conspicuous cluster of hills: Farther up the hills is an ancient mosque where sculptured stone pillars can be seen.An unspecified cave and an old burial chamber advertised by Internet websites (note 1) probably consists of a man-made, rock-cut pit with side chambers, which was excavated from laterite to have been used as a sunken burial chamber (sepulchral 'cave') in -meghalithic- time. SITUATION: At a travelling distance of about 55 km (sic! perhaps five and a half miles?) along the road in an unspecified direction from the town of Kannur (N11°51': E75°22') and at a height of 885 feet (270 m asl) at the foot of a certain Ezhimala (note 2), an isolated but conspicuous cluster of hills: Farther up the hills is an ancient mosque where sculptured stone pillars can be seen.