METIGAHA AREGALGE
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Description
A kind of rock shelter is said to be situated at a distance of one hour on foot in an unidentified direction from –>Ballawalaboka Galge in the hills above the village of Danigala (note 1). ETYMOLOGY: Metigaha Aregalge (SARASIN & SARASIN 1908; DERANIYAGALA, S U 1980: 155) once had been corrupted into an Anglo-Pashtun almost-as-Farsi looking Matighara Cave (Brooks, S J 1995 Mss, item no. 13).CULTURAL HISTORY: Archaeological excavation down to the bedrock yielded historical findings (SARASIN & SARASIN 1908; DERANIYAGALA 1980: 155).A kind of rock shelter is said to be situated at a distance of one hour on foot in an unidentified direction from –>Ballawalaboka Galge in the hills above the village of Danigala (note 1). ETYMOLOGY: Metigaha Aregalge (SARASIN & SARASIN 1908; DERANIYAGALA, S U 1980: 155) once had been corrupted into an Anglo-Pashtun almost-as-Farsi looking Matighara Cave (Brooks, S J 1995 Mss, item no. 13).CULTURAL HISTORY: Archaeological excavation down to the bedrock yielded historical findings (SARASIN & SARASIN 1908; DERANIYAGALA 1980: 155).
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Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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5.8 | BENDIYA GALGE 1 (Lower) | ||
5.8 | BENDIYA GALGE 2 (Upper) | ||
7.6 | GANGODEDENIYA GALGE | ||
9.4 | BALLAWALABOKA GALGE | ||
11.0 | MINA DAPU GALGE | ||
11.8 | ALU GALGE, Gal Oya | ||
14.4 | GANEGAMA VIHARE CAVE | ||
14.7 | YAKUNNEHELA GALGE | ||
19.2 | GONGINE CAVE |