Butkanda Cave 1

(Ratnapura District - LK)
6.383300,80.683300
Grottocenter / carte

Location

Somewhere in the hillside near the village of Butkanda / Buthkanda (note 1), possibly in the Kolonne (Kolonna) korale. BTH - 08/07/2024

Description

Various description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The first of three unspecified caves or rock shelters (Brooks 1995 Mss no. 35, 36, 37). CULTURAL HISTORY - archaeology: Excavation yielded stone tools made from chert and quartz (DERANIYAGALA 1980: 177).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.9BUTKANDA CAVE 2
0.9BUTKANDA CAVE 3
2.6KOLONNE, mine 1
2.6KOLONNE, mine 2
5.8Ittekanda Cave 1
5.8ITTEKANDA CAVE 2
5.8Ittekanda Cave 3
6.7Bulutota Caves
6.7TENNEHENA, mine near