DIYAINNA CAVE

(Ratnapura District - LK)
6.583300,80.833300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave or rock shelter which bears indications of habitation by the Udupiyan variation of Homo Sapiens Balangodensis (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 245; 1983: 247). SITUATION: From Balangoda [note 1], the road [south-east] to Uggal Kaltota [note 2] descends rapidly for twenty miles [32 km] along a ridge of hills that falls away sharply into the plains beyond the Welawe river. In the lower reaches of this ridge are three sets of caves: Those at Budugala, Kuragala and Diyainna. At an elevation of 600 feet [183 m asl] or so on the southern slope of the ridge and below two picturesque waterfalls lies the village of Diyainna [note 2]. Close by is the Diyainna cave … Farther west, along a track that continues from Budugala along the bottom of the ridge, lies the village of –>Handagiriya on the banks of the Katupal oya. In close proximity is the site known as –>Bellan Bendi Pelessa, one of the richest palaeontological sites discovered in this country … (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 245; 1983: 247). CAE POTENTIAL: Other caves or shelters on the Balangoda - Uggalkaltota (Ukgal Kaltota) escarpment / ridge are –>Bambaragala Shelter, –>Budugala Caves, –>Kurugala Cave, –>Lunu Galge and –>Udupiyan Galge.E POTENTIAL: Other caves or shelters on the Balangoda - Uggalkaltota (Ukgal Kaltota) escarpment / ridge are –>Bambaragala Shelter, –>Budugala Caves, –>Kurugala Cave, –>Lunu Galge and –>Udupiyan Galge.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Ceylon Traveller 1974, 1983.

Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
5.8HITUWA LENA
6.6BAMBARAGALA SHELTER
7.4UDUPIYAN GALGE
8.3HANDAGIRIYA CAVES
8.7LUNU GALGE
13.1BUDUGALA CAVES
20.6Ulwala Galge
20.7AA CAVE, Belihul Oya
20.9Wavulpane (Cave near the village of)