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Just before the Mannar causeway, lies the road to Jaffna through Poonaryn (A32 road). Travelling 5.2 km on this road brings one to Mantai Junction. Turning right to Adampan Road and travelling 200 meters will bring you to a small cultivated land on the left.
In the 1-acre perch land that is situated at a distance of 100m on the left side of the Mantai-Adampan Road, are found a few spur stones, stone pillar parts, bricks, tiles, potsherds.
The spur stones are made of limestone and both tiles and bricks are of Anuradhapura Period. There is a pedestal of a statue and a few fragments of some pillars are at 25m away from the locality of the spurstone. It seems that many spurstones have been destroyed. People have settled in these lands and built houses.
This is situated about 400 m from the Mantai Raja Maha Vhara and this could be thought of as a land that belonged to that temple complex.
References
- The Green Movement of Sri Lanka (no date) Guide to Archaeological Values for Tourism in Mannar District. The Green Movement of Sri Lanka.
- Jayawardhana, S. (2019) in වව්නියාවේ පුරාවිද්යා උරුමය . 2nd edn. Kegalle: Self Published.
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| Route from Mannar to Mantai-Adampan Road adjoined land ruins 2 |
| Through : Adampan Distance :6.3 km Travel time : 10 mins hours. Driving directions : see on google map |
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