Wavul Lena

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave that might repay investigation (DERANIYAGALA 1965: 143) count STRINATI & AELLEN (1981: 459) among the less important caves or rock shelters, which consists either of rift caves or of half dark overhangs (note 1). ETYMOLOGY: The Sinhala -wavul lena- means bat cave.SITUATION 1: DERANIYAGALA (1965: 143) places Vavul-lena at Kosgama Dodampé (note 2). SITUATION 2: DERANIYAGALA (1965: 144 figure 21) indicates the location of Vavul lena cave on the not exactly precise Map of the southern part of Ceylon, showing the location of caves (lena) and rock shelters (galgé) (without coordinates, drawn by J. B. Delair) about 8 km in a direct line approximately north-west from Ratnapura (N06°40'58”: E080°23'57” WGS84) and some 18 or 20 km in a direct line approximately ESE from Kuruvita village (Kuruwita N06°46'45”: E080°22'07” WGS84). CAVE LIFE: The cave name hints to bats (Chiroptera), bat guano, etc., and STRINATI & AELLEN (1981) count Vavul-lena among the four caves or rck shelters from which they collected bats.ck shelters from which they collected bats.