BATATOTA DAHAYYA LENA

Ratnapura (Ratnapura District - LK)
6.833300,80.366700
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A certain Batatota Dahayya-lena, Kuruwita (note 1), which lies in the lowland wet zone and somewhere at Batatota (note 2) near Kuruwita (note 3), yielded the mesolithic radiocarbon date (on charcoal): ca. 7680 - 4835 cal BP (DERANIYAGALA 2002: 5). IDENTITY: This Batatota Dahayya Lena (note 4) is possibly identical with –>AA Cave (Siffre 1975: 34) no. 1, –>AA Cave (Siffre 1975: 34) no. 2, –>AA Cave (Siffre 1975: 35), or –>Batatota Lena 2 (Ceylon Traveller 1974: 244, 1983: 246).A certain Batatota Dahayya-lena, Kuruwita (note 1), which lies in the lowland wet zone and somewhere at Batatota (note 2) near Kuruwita (note 3), yielded the mesolithic radiocarbon date (on charcoal): ca. 7680 - 4835 cal BP (DERANIYAGALA 2002: 5). IDENTITY: This Batatota Dahayya Lena (note 4) is possibly identical with –>AA Cave (Siffre 1975: 34) no. 1, –>AA Cave (Siffre 1975: 34) no. 2, –>AA Cave (Siffre 1975: 35), or –>Batatota Lena 2 (Ceylon Traveller 1974: 244, 1983: 246).

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Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
1.4BATATOTA LENA
3.2BATATOTA LENA 2
5.7BATADOMBA LENA
10.8MENIK LENA
11.0NISSANGALA LENA 2
11.0DEIYA GUHAWA
11.1AA CAVE (Siffre 1975: 35)
11.7Wavul Lena
14.8BAGAVA LENA, Adam's Peak