Dondra Head Lighthouse (Sri Lanka) Dondra Head Lighthouse (Sinhala: දෙවුන්දර තුඩුව ප්රදීපාගාරය) is one of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka. It is located in Dondra Head (local name: Devi-Nuwara or Devundara), the southernmost point of the country (USA, 1942). History During the Period of British Ceylon (1815-1948 A.D.), this lighthouse was erected. The site for the lighthouse was selected by the British in 1826, but its construction works commenced in 1887 (Abeyawardana, 2004). Mr Woodford Pilkinton M.I.C.E. is said to be the one responsible for this construction (Abeyawardana, 2004). The completed lighthouse was commissioned in 1890 (Abeyawardana, 2004). The lighthouse tower The white octagonal-shaped tower is 43.2 m tall and made out of granite (Bohingamuwa, 2005). A protected monument The lighthouse situated close to the cape of Devinuwara at Lighthouse Street in Devinuwara village belonging to the Grama Niladhari division of Devinuwara South in the Divisional Secretary’s Division, Devinuwara is an archaeological protected m…
