GOVINDA HELA CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An enormous cave (rock shelter?), allegedly 45 m in length (probably width) and more than twice as high, reported the CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 252; 1983: 254) from the -Westminster Abbey- ridge (note 1): High up the ridge, where the foliage drops away and the rocky core rises almost vertically, is an enormous cave 150 feet in length and more than twice as high. SITUATION: About 20 km from Siyambalanduwa (N06°54': E081°33') along the road north to Amparai (N07°17': E081°40'), and about 5 km from the village of Pallewela (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974; 1983). CAVE LIFE: CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 252; 1983: 254): High up in the roof are a score or more of large hives built by hornets but these are probably cliff bees (Apis dorsata).An enormous cave (rock shelter?), allegedly 45 m in length (probably width) and more than twice as high, reported the CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 252; 1983: 254) from the -Westminster Abbey- ridge (note 1): High up the ridge, where the foliage drops away and the rocky core rises almost vertically, is an enormous cave 150 feet in length and more than twice as high. SITUATION: About 20 km from Siyambalanduwa (N06°54': E081°33') along the road north to Amparai (N07°17': E081°40'), and about 5 km from the village of Pallewela (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974; 1983). CAVE LIFE: CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: 252; 1983: 254): High up in the roof are a score or more of large hives built by hornets but these are probably cliff bees (Apis dorsata).