Hambantota Lighthouse is one of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka. Constructed in 1926, it was operational until the light was extinguished in 1977.
Hambantota Lighthouse H ambantota Lighthouse (Sinhala: හම්බන්තොට ප්රදීපාගාරය) is one of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka. It is located in the Hambantota Tower Hill area near the Old Martello Tower . History The lighthouse was constructed in 1926 (McCall, 1999). It was operational until the light was extinguished in 1977 (National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, 2005). The Trinity House Engineering Company was responsible for the construction. The Tower It is a round masonry tower about 35 feet tall (Abeyawardana, 2004). The base of the tower is square in shape and the entrance door is placed towards the north. Painted in black and white boxes, the top of the tower is made of aluminium (Abeyawardana, 2004). A Protected Monument The lighthouse at Towerhill Road in Hambantota town west No. 09 village situated in Grama Niladhari Division, Hambantota in the Divisional Secretary’s Division, Hambantota is an archaeological protected monument, declared by a government gazette notification published on 24 March 2016. Related …
