BULAWATTA CAVE
6.666700,80.516700
Description
An unspecified cave or rock shelter, which is easier suspected small (Brooks 1995 Mss, no. 25) than identified, traced and investigated. SITUATION: Somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Bulatwatta (note 1) or Bulawatte (Brooks 1995 Mss) near the town of Pelmadulla (N06°37'28”: E080°33'07” WGS84). CULTURAL HISTORY - archaeology (DERANIYAGALA 1980: 174): Excavation yielded stone tools (stone celt, adze).An unspecified cave or rock shelter, which is easier suspected small (Brooks 1995 Mss, no. 25) than identified, traced and investigated. SITUATION: Somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Bulatwatta (note 1) or Bulawatte (Brooks 1995 Mss) near the town of Pelmadulla (N06°37'28”: E080°33'07” WGS84). CULTURAL HISTORY - archaeology (DERANIYAGALA 1980: 174): Excavation yielded stone tools (stone celt, adze).
History
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