MANELA GALGE

Ratnapura (Ratnapura District - LK)
6.642200,80.266700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A 7 m wide and 4 m high cave entrance gives access to a 9 or 10 m long (perhaps wide or horizontally deep) cave or rock shelter. Three archaeological test pits were sunk to a depth of 7 feet (2.1 m). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Gararagiriya (sic! qua: Gawaragiriya, Gavaragiriya) in the Palle Pattu, Sabaragamuva province (Brooks, S J 1995 Mss no. 30 after DERANIYAGALA, S U 1980, 1992).

Documents

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History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0MENELA GALGE, Gavatgiriya
5.7FA HIEN LENA
10.0AA CAVE (Eckrich 1984)
12.5Wavul Lena
13.2KABARA GALGE
15.0AA CAVE (Siffre 1975: 35)
15.3BUDU GALLENA
17.8NERAVANA GAL LENA
19.1YAKGIRI LENA