7°09'42.3"N 80°00'01.3"E

දෙවලපොල ආදී මානව සුසාන භූමිය

Dewapola Prehistoric Canoe Burial Site

Archaeological Sites

Location Information

Western Province

Gampaha

District

Divisional Secretariats

Minuwangoda

Minuwangoda

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The Prehistoric Burial Site of Dewalapola was discovered in 2016 inside the Dewalapola Ananda Maha Vidyalaya. Here at this site, Two clay burial canoes was discovered on the access path to the school. Excavation revealed that they were 3000 years old. I couldn't find any more information on this. Updates 1st Mach 2021 Excavation of a Protohistoric Canoe burial Site in Haldummulla – 2010 - 

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References & External Links

• Wikipedia - Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA)

• "Protercted Monument List 2012-12-12" (PDF). Department of Archaeology. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

Updates 1st Mach 2021

• Excavation of a Protohistoric Canoe burial Site in Haldummulla – 2010 - Sri Lanka Archaeology