LUNU GALGE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

One of a series of rock shelters (note 1) or true caves with inhabitable entrance areas is called Lunu Galge (DERANIYAGALA 1980: 172). SITUATION: Somewhere on the escarpment between the villages Diyavinna and Ukgal Kaltota or Uggalkaltota (N06°39'13”: E080°52'32” WGS84) in the vicinity of a spot which lies about 20 or 25 km east-south-east of Balangoda (N06°38'57”: E080°40'20” WGS84) and some 10 or 15 km south-south-west of Haputale (N06°46': E080°58'). CULTURAL HISTORY: Archaeological excavation is said to have yielded allegedly meagre prehistoric finds (Brooks 1995 Mss, item no. 19; after DERANIYAGALA 1980: 172).One of a series of rock shelters (note 1) or true caves with inhabitable entrance areas is called Lunu Galge (DERANIYAGALA 1980: 172). SITUATION: Somewhere on the escarpment between the villages Diyavinna and Ukgal Kaltota or Uggalkaltota (N06°39'13”: E080°52'32” WGS84) in the vicinity of a spot which lies about 20 or 25 km east-south-east of Balangoda (N06°38'57”: E080°40'20” WGS84) and some 10 or 15 km south-south-west of Haputale (N06°46': E080°58'). CULTURAL HISTORY: Archaeological excavation is said to have yielded allegedly meagre prehistoric finds (Brooks 1995 Mss, item no. 19; after DERANIYAGALA 1980: 172).