KORATOTA CAVE DWELLING
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Description
Cave dwellings … are scattered throughout Sri Lanka [and] there are many a bare half-hour's drive from Colombo [N06°55'55”: E079°50'52” WGS84]. One of the nearest, 12 miles [19.3 km along a road in an unspecified direction], is at Koratota [note 1], a rock temple still in use two miles [3 km along the road generally east] from Kaduwela [note 2] (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 249; 1983: 251). ETYMOLOGY: The Sinhala -tota- is a ford (COOK 1931: 347).Cave dwellings … are scattered throughout Sri Lanka [and] there are many a bare half-hour's drive from Colombo [N06°55'55”: E079°50'52” WGS84]. One of the nearest, 12 miles [19.3 km along a road in an unspecified direction], is at Koratota [note 1], a rock temple still in use two miles [3 km along the road generally east] from Kaduwela [note 2] (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 249; 1983: 251). ETYMOLOGY: The Sinhala -tota- is a ford (COOK 1931: 347).
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018- Ceylon Traveller 1974, 1983.
Histoire
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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3.3 | KADUWELA ROCK TEMPLE | ||
16.7 | URUWELA CAVE DWELLING | ||
17.6 | PILIKUTTUWA CAVE DWELLING | ||
18.1 | PAL HORA GALGE | ||
20.5 | ASGIRIYA CAVE DWELLING | ||
23.3 | WAULA KANDA (Cave on) | ||
24.4 | SITA GALGE, Avissawella | ||
25.8 | BELI LENA, Athula | ||
26.2 | ATTANAGALLA VIHARA CAVE DWELLING |