Bovattagala Caves

(Ampara District - LK)
6.550000,81.683300
Grottocenter / carte

Location

At Bovattagala or Bowattagala (note 1), a large, flat-topped hill three miles (about 5 km along a road) west of Kumana or Kumanu (note 2). PARKER (1909: 453) places Bowata simply in the extreme south-east of Ceylon (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?; 1983: 172) BTH - 17/12/2023

Description

General description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave with entrances at both ends (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?; 1983: 172) appears to be a true tunnel cave in a large, flat-topped rock which seems to represent an isolated relic hill built up of Miocene limestone).

Documents

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

Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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