JALLANDAR ARCH

(Amreli - IN)
20.708900,70.989400
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 29/03/2016

In the immediate south of Diu Circuit House on Jallandar Beach is a man-made flat terrace (a former limestone quarry?) on a small cape. The southern, sea-ward flank of this terrace is bordered by a wall of grown rock which is pierced at an elevation of about 7 m above the sea level by a somewhat rectangular hole (in profile 1.8 to 4 m wide and 1.5 to 1.8 m high) with a floor, in ground plan of diamond shape (1.5 to 4 by 3 m). About 10 m further along the same wall is another gap at the same level, this time however without roof. Both cavities might represent cannon holes. No obvious traces of human workmanship are visible but the miliolite limestone is weathering at a rate that makes mortar of less than 500 years old masonry walls protrude by several centimetress. ETYMOLOGY: The Sanskrit noun "dar" is said to designate »cave« (note 1).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 29/03/2016

NOTE 1: hindunet.org/hindu_history/sarasvati/dictionary (accessed 2005.04.19).

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
1.1CHAKRATIRTH GUHA, Diu
1.3SUNSET POINT CAVE
1.6SUNSET POINT SEA CAVE 2
1.7SUNSET POINT SEA CAVE 1
2.4NAYASIMAR ROCK-CUT CAVES
3.4Gangeshwar Temple Cave
3.5FUDAM ROCK CHAMBERS
3.5PANIKHOTA TUNNEL
19.3NAIDA CAVES