KATUGAHAGALGE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An archaeologically relevant rock shelter (SARASIN 1939: 160-161; DERANIYAGALA 1980: 155) or, perhaps, a true cave with an inhabitable entrance area. ETYMOLOGY: Buttala Cave Brooks, S J (1995 Mss, item no. 8 after DERANIYAGALA 1980: 155) Katugahagalge CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 242; 1983: 244); SURVEY of SRI LANKA (a.i. before 1984 -Buttala- toposheet) Kutugahugalge Eckrich, M (1984 Mss: Bat cave distribution map). SITUATION: SURVEY OF SRI LANKA (a.i. before 1984) toposheet -Buttala- indicates Katugahagalge (N06°49': E081°15') at a travelling distance of about 3.3 km north along the road from Buttala (note 1) and about 3 km in a direkt line approximately NNE from Yudanagawa (N06°46': E081°14'). CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 242; 1983: 244) places Katuhagalge north of –>Yudaganawa, and a little more than a mile and a half (2.5 km) along a minor road north of Buttala (N06°45': E081°14').An archaeologically relevant rock shelter (SARASIN 1939: 160-161; DERANIYAGALA 1980: 155) or, perhaps, a true cave with an inhabitable entrance area. ETYMOLOGY: Buttala Cave Brooks, S J (1995 Mss, item no. 8 after DERANIYAGALA 1980: 155) Katugahagalge CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 242; 1983: 244); SURVEY of SRI LANKA (a.i. before 1984 -Buttala- toposheet) Kutugahugalge Eckrich, M (1984 Mss: Bat cave distribution map). SITUATION: SURVEY OF SRI LANKA (a.i. before 1984) toposheet -Buttala- indicates Katugahagalge (N06°49': E081°15') at a travelling distance of about 3.3 km north along the road from Buttala (note 1) and about 3 km in a direkt line approximately NNE from Yudanagawa (N06°46': E081°14'). CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 242; 1983: 244) places Katuhagalge north of –>Yudaganawa, and a little more than a mile and a half (2.5 km) along a minor road north of Buttala (N06°45': E081°14').