<< Our Photo Pages >> Marayoor Muniyaras - Barrow Cemetery in India
Submitted by motist on Tuesday, 21 June 2016 Page Views: 10639
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Marayoor MuniyarasCountry: India Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Devikulam Nearest Village: Munnar
Latitude: 10.257992N Longitude: 77.169107E
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
DrewParsons would like to visit
The locals call it Muniyaras. To get there from Munnar, go to Mr. Joseph M. Iype in the Tourist Information Service in front of Gandi statue and ask for Tomas to take you there, as he knows all the sites.
These dolmenoid cists belong to the Megalithic age. These dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edge and covered by a fifth stone called the cap stone. Some of these Dolmenoids contain several burial chambers, while others have a quadrangle scooped out in laterite and lined on the sides with granite slabs. These are also covered with cap stones. Dozens of Dolmens around the area of old Siva temple (Thenkasinathan Temple) at Kovilkadavu on the banks of the River Pambar, and rock paintings on the south-western slope of the plateau overlooking the river have attracted visitors.
Apart from the dolmens of the Stone Age, several dolmens from the Iron Age exist in this region especially on the left side of river Pambar as is evident from the usage of neatly dressed granite slabs for the dolmens. At least one of them has a perfectly circular hole of 28 cm diameter inside the underground chamber.
This region has several types of dolmens. A large number of them are overground with about 70–90 cm height. Another type has a height 140–170 cm. There is an overground dolmen with double length up to 350 cm. Fragments of burial urns have also been found in the region near the dolmens. This indicates that the dolmens with 70–90 cm height were used for burial of the remains of people of high social status. Burial urns were used for the burial of the remains of commoners. The dolmens with raised roof might have been used for habitation of people. Why some people lived in the cemeteries has not been satisfactorily explained.
Read more at Wikipedia
Note: Many photos recently in to the megalithic portal of this incredible dolmen field in southern India. Some of the ancient dolmens are lived in to this day.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
These are just the first 25 photos of Marayoor Muniyaras. If you log in with a free user account you will be able to see our entire collection.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
55.6km SSE 168° Thovalappady Cist
65.7km WSW 238° Nedumala Caves Cave or Rock Shelter
79.4km WNW 302° Dayananda Ashram Ancient Village or Settlement
80.0km ESE 117° Puthurmalai Rock Art
102.2km NNE 21° Kodumanal Ancient Village or Settlement
109.2km W 265° Muziris Ancient Village or Settlement
110.7km ESE 110° Sri Meenakshi Devi temple* Ancient Temple
124.6km WNW 292° Cherumangadu Kudakkalparambu* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
143.6km SSE 165° Kilikkallingal Kodakkal stones* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
143.8km NNE 23° Shri Sangameshvara temple, Bhavani, Tamil Nadu* Ancient Temple
164.0km E 84° Kudminatha Temple* Ancient Temple
170.7km E 83° Sithannavasal* Barrow Cemetery
176.1km E 81° Vijayalaiaieswar temple* Ancient Temple
176.8km E 81° Narthamalai temples* Ancient Temple
177.0km SSW 197° Janardana Swami Temple Ancient Temple
178.6km ENE 69° Rock Fort temple* Ancient Temple
178.6km E 81° Ammachatram* Barrow Cemetery
179.3km ENE 68° Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Tiruchirapalli)* Ancient Temple
184.7km NNW 328° Sulthan Bather Dolmen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
185.0km NNW 328° Edakkal Caves Cave or Rock Shelter
198.9km S 187° Padmanabhaswamy Temple* Ancient Temple
202.7km NNE 13° Male Mahadeshwara Hills* Stone Circle
202.8km NNW 328° Kappikunnu Rock Art
222.4km ENE 75° Sri Brihadeeswara temple* Ancient Temple
222.4km ENE 75° Sri brahadeeswara temple Ancient Temple
View more nearby sites and additional images