Bandaraduwa Megalithic Cemetery

Bandaraduwa Megalithic Cemetery
Bandaraduwa Megalithic Cemetery  (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරදූව මෙගලිතික සුසාන) is an ancient pre-historic burial site situated in Bandaraduwa village in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. Cist Burials The site consists of a large number of tombs of cist type. In this type, the remains of the deceased (vessels containing ashes/bone fragments and other belongings used by the individual) are placed within the cist made of four stone slabs kept to form a rectangular space. A flat slab of rock is then placed over the burial.  A Protected Site The government has declared the Bandaraduwa megalithic cemetery site (n Grama Niladhari Division No. W/104B/ 2, Bandaraduwa in the Divisional Secretary’s Division, Uhana) an archaeological protected monument through a gazette notification published on 26 December 2014. See Also #)  Pre & Proto-historic Burials in Sri Lanka References 1) The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. No: 1895. 26 December 2014. p.1150. Attribution 1) LankaPradeepa.com wou…