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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: SithannavasalCountry: India
NOTE: This site is 27.825 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Sithannavasal
Latitude: 10.444651N Longitude: 78.717831E
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 |
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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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burial ground, chamber tombs with stone circles, open air sanctuary's, manahirs
There are extensive Megalithic burial sites near the hillock in the Village. It contain both cist and urn burials. The visitors are suggested to visit these burial sites while they are returning from the visit to the other monuments. One can locate them on both the sides of the road leading from the monuments to the main road, after about 100 meters from the Ezhadippattam. More of such burials can be located on the left side of the main road, leading to Pudukkottai, after about 200 meters from the junction. Some of these were excavated in 1934-35. Specimens of garnet, red jasper and rock crystal have been picked up near the foot of the hill. Pieces of pottery coated inside with molten and coloured glass, and loose pieces of coloured glass have been found in the fields opposite the hill. These indicate that in olden times glass making was probably a flourishing industry in these parts. Megalithic burial is a typical mode of disposing the dead in most part of Tamilnadu in the past. Some suggest the period 3rd century BC to 1st century AD is considered to be when this was practised. It may be remembered that this period is also the period of Sangam. Loosely called 'dolmans', these are stone-capped burial monuments with chambers and similar interment arrangements in stone. These monuments are found in many places in Tamilnadu like the districts of Chengalpattu, Vellore, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli. Locally known as Pandava-kuzhi ('pits-of-Pandava-s'), mandavar-kuzhi ('pits-of-the- dead'), kurangup-pattadai, or kurangup-pattarai ('monkey's-workshop') and mudu-makkalthaazhi ('burial-pots-of-the-old-people'). The last name is the most widely used. More: http://www.saigan.com/heritage/swaminathan/sittannavasal/megalith.html http://www.indian-heritage.org/swaminathan/sittannavasal/Sittannavasal%20-%20a%20booklet.pdf
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