Agalawatte Nitre Cave

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

From the district of Matale, DAVY (1821: 31 note) lists the nitre-caves … 11. Agalawatte; 12. Kaloodawella; 13. Oonaweroowa; and 14. Nalandi. ETYMOLOGY: These names, it may be clearly remarked, are not those of the caves themselves, which are generally nameless, but of the nearest inhabited places, which are in many instances several miles remote, most of the caves being situated in the wildest and most deserted parts of the country. SITUATION: At an unspecified location in Matale district (ca. N07°25: E080°30' to N08°00': E081°00') and somewhere in the vicinity of an inhabited place called Agalawatte (DAVY 1821) or Agalawatta (note 1).From the district of Matale, DAVY (1821: 31 note) lists the nitre-caves … 11. Agalawatte; 12. Kaloodawella; 13. Oonaweroowa; and 14. Nalandi. ETYMOLOGY: These names, it may be clearly remarked, are not those of the caves themselves, which are generally nameless, but of the nearest inhabited places, which are in many instances several miles remote, most of the caves being situated in the wildest and most deserted parts of the country. SITUATION: At an unspecified location in Matale district (ca. N07°25: E080°30' to N08°00': E081°00') and somewhere in the vicinity of an inhabited place called Agalawatte (DAVY 1821) or Agalawatta (note 1).