Weeransole Ruins (Wilpattu National Park)

Weeransole Ruins (Wilpattu National Park)

W eeransole Ruins Site is an archaeological site with the remains of an ancient Buddhist temple located in the woods of Wilpattu National Park in Anuradhapura District, Sri Lanka. Discovery The site was revealed during a study conducted under the Wilpattu Resource Inventory Project implemented by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Conservation, during the period of June 2005 to April 2006 (Goonatilake, 2006; IUCN, 2006). Totally 68 archaeologically important sites were recorded during this study including the ruins at Weeransole (Goonatilake, 2006; IUCN, 2006). Goonatilake has described details about this site in his publication as follows; Weeransole ruins near the Paluvilandawa tank has not been recorded by any previous workers and consisted of three destroyed Buddha statues, including two seated (Samadhi) and one standing statue. A well preserved seated (Samadhi) statue was brought to the Park entrance (Hunuvilagama) during the 1980s by…