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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cherumangadu KudakkalparambuCountry: India
NOTE: This site is 40.072 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Thrissur Nearest Village: Cherumangadu
Latitude: 10.681940N Longitude: 76.114170E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The list includes 911 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage that the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.
“The burial site at Cherumangadu containing ‘Kodakkallu' or ‘umbrella stones' is unique. Nowhere else in the country do you find a similar site,” said M. Nambirajan, Superintending Archaeologist with the ASI.
Under a three-year Rs.40-lakh project, the ASI is developing pathways, lawns, proper signage and an information centre at the site.
“Lawns have been grown. Civil works are on. The landscape design has focussed on evoking an old-world feel,” said M.M. Vinod Kumar, a consultant for the project.
A megalith is a large stone used to construct a structure or monument. Megalithic structures are made without mortar or cement. Many megalithic monuments were burial grounds used by different generations.
Kerala's megalithic culture begins around 600-500 B.C. Excavations conducted by Babington in 1823 had led to the discovery of burial sites in Kannur.
The burial systems used in Kerala include urns or pits, either single or multiple, found in single or multiple chambered dolmens or cists. The number of chambers in the burial indicates the number of people buried.
“Kodakkallu or umbrella stones have been found only in Kerala. A Kodakkal has a stem made of three or more massive stones (orthostats) covered by an overhead canopy,” Dr. Nambirajan added.
Source, with photographs at The Hindu
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