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<< Other Photo Pages >> Kandarodai ancient settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in Sri Lanka

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 31 August 2015  Page Views: 1922

Multi-periodSite Name: Kandarodai ancient settlement
Country: Sri Lanka
NOTE: This site is 19.164 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Jaffna  Nearest Village: Kadurugoda
Latitude: 9.746935N  Longitude: 80.006736E
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
3 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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Kandarodai ancient settlement
Kandarodai ancient settlement submitted by KaiHofmann : Kandarodai Ancient Buddhist Vihara Site in Sri Lanka Flickr image by Gane. Archeological excavations at Kandarodai in Jaffna Image copyright: Gane, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Sri Lanka.

The oldest evidences of human activities at this site are going back to 2000 BCE. There are evidences of transoceanic maritime tradings in ancient times.

Today many small ancient stupas could be found at this place.

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