Gal Messa (Dolman) of Padavigampola

This site is located close to Padavigampola school, and you can reach the site by travelling 1.5 km from Dahan Pauwa junction, 4 km on the Rambukkana-Walgama road.

Among the prehistoric sites identified in the Satara Korale, Alulena, Dorawaka, and Padavigampola are the most prominent. The caves found in Padavigampola had provided shelter to man during prehistoric times.

The dolmen of the stone canopy at Padavigampola is believed to be construction done before the arrival of Prince Vijaya circa Sth century BC. It is made out of two large slabs of rock covered by another slab and is considered the only such specimen so far discovered in Sri Lanka

(Heritage of Sabaragamuwa by Dr. H.A.P. Abeyawardana)

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Padavigampola Stone Canopy

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