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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gal Messa of Padavigampola - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Sri Lanka

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 31 August 2015  Page Views: 2599

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gal Messa of Padavigampola Alternative Name: Maliyadeva Guharamaya
Country: Sri Lanka
NOTE: This site is 34.643 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Rambukkana  Nearest Village: Udagaladeniya
Latitude: 7.339259N  Longitude: 80.369911E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Gal Messa of Padavigampola
Gal Messa of Padavigampola submitted by KaiHofmann : Gal Messa Old Berial Site Site in Sri Lanka Flickr Image by Ceylon Geographic Image copyright: Ceylon Geographic (Ceylon Geographic), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Sri Lanka.

The only known dolmen (Gal Messa or Gal Massa) of Sri Lanka. It is pretty large and lies in the middle of a village. It still have 3 large side slabs and one huge top slab.
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