ALU LENA, Attanagoda
7.233300,80.400000
Description
A large cave or rock shelter with an entrance some 15 m across and extending for 7 or 8 m into the hillside would appear to have been formed by mind-boggling solutional erosion of a mineral filled cavity / pocket in the gneiss (Brooks 1995 Mss: no. 2). ETYMOLOGY: The singhala alu lena means ash cave and has been called Alulena, near Kegalla (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 254; 1983: 256) and Alu-lena at Attanagoda near Kegalle (DERANIYAGALA, S U 1998, 2001b). SITUATION: In the lowland wet zone (DERANIYAGALA, S U 1990, 1992) by a stream at the village of Attanagoda (note 1) near Kegalla (note 2). CULTURAL HISTORY - archaeology: Investigated by W.H. Wijayapala for archaeological remains (Brooks 1995 Mss: no. 2). DERANIYAGALA, S U (1987: 101) notes a radiocarbon date of 9700 BP (uncalibrated?) and DERANIYAGALA, S U (1998, 2001b; 2002: 5) a mesolithic radicarbon date on charcoal of 10,500 BP calibrated by Beta Analytic Inc. using data base of INTCAL 98 calibrations.A large cave or rock shelter with an entrance some 15 m across and extending for 7 or 8 m into the hillside would appear to have been formed by mind-boggling solutional erosion of a mineral filled cavity / pocket in the gneiss (Brooks 1995 Mss: no. 2). ETYMOLOGY: The singhala alu lena means ash cave and has been called Alulena, near Kegalla (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 254; 1983: 256) and Alu-lena at Attanagoda near Kegalle (DERANIYAGALA, S U 1998, 2001b). SITUATION: In the lowland wet zone (DERANIYAGALA, S U 1990, 1992) by a stream at the village of Attanagoda (note 1) near Kegalla (note 2). CULTURAL HISTORY - archaeology: Investigated by W.H. Wijayapala for archaeological remains (Brooks 1995 Mss: no. 2). DERANIYAGALA, S U (1987: 101) notes a radiocarbon date of 9700 BP (uncalibrated?) and DERANIYAGALA, S U (1998, 2001b; 2002: 5) a mesolithic radicarbon date on charcoal of 10,500 BP calibrated by Beta Analytic Inc. using data base of INTCAL 98 calibrations.
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018- Ceylon Traveller 1974, 1983; Deraniyagala, Siran Upendra 1987, 1992, 1998, 2001b, 2002.
Histoire
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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6.6 | DUNUGAMA NITRE CAVE | ||
7.6 | KALUKOLA DENIYA CAVE | ||
7.6 | YATAHA LENA | ||
7.6 | HELAPITHA LENA | ||
7.6 | KADIGOMUWA NITRE CAVE | ||
13.5 | GUHARAMAYA | ||
17.0 | Lenagala | ||
21.0 | DORAVAK LENA | ||
22.1 | HINDAGALA VIHARA |