TOBERIMALA SHELTER

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A west-facing (note 1) rock shelter containing about 84 engravings (rock art) is situated (note 2) at a travelling distance of about 14 km along the road east of Ambalawayal and east of –>Edakkal but …in the Tea Estate of Harrison Malayalam Ltd (note 3). CAVE DESCRIPTION: The Toberimala site is not a cave as such, but a west-facing rock shelter with a prominent overhanging roof. There are thin linear engravings inscribed in the rough grained ceiling (which slants at an angle of some 45 degrees) and in the northern wall, also 13 small cup-marks [keyword: cupola] on one of nine boulders lying inside the shelter, and cross-hatched marks on the outer wall which may be an identification mark for the shelter. Unfortunately the rock surfaces have been badly damaged by recent visitors, whose engravings sadly lack the sophistication of their prehistoric forebears.A west-facing (note 1) rock shelter containing about 84 engravings (rock art) is situated (note 2) at a travelling distance of about 14 km along the road east of Ambalawayal and east of –>Edakkal but …in the Tea Estate of Harrison Malayalam Ltd (note 3). CAVE DESCRIPTION: The Toberimala site is not a cave as such, but a west-facing rock shelter with a prominent overhanging roof. There are thin linear engravings inscribed in the rough grained ceiling (which slants at an angle of some 45 degrees) and in the northern wall, also 13 small cup-marks [keyword: cupola] on one of nine boulders lying inside the shelter, and cross-hatched marks on the outer wall which may be an identification mark for the shelter. Unfortunately the rock surfaces have been badly damaged by recent visitors, whose engravings sadly lack the sophistication of their prehistoric forebears.