3rd Mile Post Archaeological Site in Pottuvil (පොතුවිල් වික්ටර් වතුයාය තුනේ කනුව පුරාවිද්‍යා භූමිය)

RATE THIS LOCATION :1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading...

These ruins of an ancient stupa belonging to a long forgotten monastery of ancient Sri Lanka lies next to the road from Siyambalanduwa to Pottuvil has been recently restored by the department of archaeology. Other ruins of the monastery is probably hidden in the surrounding jungles.

These ruins has been declared  as a protected archaeological site by the Government with the Gazette issued on 10th October 2014, and describes the location as follows ;

An Monastery complex with ruins of an old dagoba and remaining of buildings situated at third mile post belonging to Grama Niladhari Division Victor Estate 02-P-17 in Pothuvil Divisional Secretary’s Division Ampara District in the Eastern Province. (latitude 06º 52′ 56” N and longitude 081º 47′ 36” E).

Also See

Map of  3rd Mile Post Archaeological Site

Please click on the button below to load the Dynamic Google Map (ගූගල් සිතියම් පහලින්)
.

The map above also shows other places of interest within a approximately 20 km radius of the current site. Click on any of the markers and the info box to take you to information of these sites

Zoom out the map to see more surrounding locations using the mouse scroll wheel or map controls.

Travel Directions to 3rd Mile Post Archaeological Site

 Route from Siyambalanduwa to 3rd Mile Post Archaeological Site
Through : Lahugala
Distance : 29 km
Travel time : 30 mins
Time to spend : 15-30 mins
Driving directions : see on google map

© www.amazinglanka.com

Leave a Reply