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Submitted by motist on Saturday, 16 December 2006  Page Views: 8762

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sithannavasal
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Sithannavasal submitted by motist : Sithannavasal,Pudukkottai district,Tamil Nadu burial ground, chamber tombs with stone circles ,open air sanctuary's,manahirs (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sithannavasal, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu
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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Sithannavasal submitted by motist : Sithannavasal,Pudukkottai district,Tamil Nadu burial ground, chamber tombs with stone circles ,open air sanctuary's,manahirs

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Sithannavasal submitted by motist : Sithannavasal, Pudukkottai district,Tamil Nadu burial ground, chamber tombs with stone circles ,open air sanctuary's,manahirs

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Sithannavasal submitted by motist : Sithannavasal, Pudukkottai district,Tamil Nadu burial ground, chamber tombs with stone circles ,open air sanctuary's,manahirs

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Sithannavasal submitted by motist : Sithannavasal, Pudukkottai district,Tamil Nadu burial ground, chamber tombs with stone circles ,open air sanctuary's,manahirs

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