List of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Puttalam District

This is a list of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Puttalam District, Sri Lanka.[1]

Monument Image Location Grama
Niladhari
Division		 Divisional
Secretary's
Division		 Registered Description Refs
Bodhi Rukkarama ViharaKottukachchiya First ColoneyAnamaduwa23 January 2009The Tempita Vihara and dagoba[2]
Demattapitiya Maha Mankada Ariyakara ViharaAriyagamaChilaw23 January 2009The dagoba mound, ancient ruins, and the wooden pillar[3]
Devramvehera MonasteryPalu UswewaNo. 231Kottawehera6 February 2009The ancient dagoba mound situated in the land called Deweramvehera Senasana belonging to the Savaragala Teak Reserve[4]
Kalpitiya Dutch ChurchKalpitiyaKalpitiya[5]
Egodagama Nethipokkuna ruinsEgodagama NethipokkunaNo. 612 -MohoriyaMahakumbukkadawala23 January 2009The dagoba mound[2]
Galandayaya ruinsNo. 650-KoyiladigamaAnamaduwa6 June 2008The seven sites with evidence of ancient buildings in the place called Koyiladigama[6]
Kalpitiya FortKalpitiyaKalpitiya[5]
Karuwalagaswewa purana ViharaNo. 658-C-DiwulwewaAnamaduwa6 June 2008The steps on rock, two drip ledged caves and Kethukavataya[7]
Karuwalagaswewa purana ViharaNo. 658-C-DiwulwewaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The three drip ledged rock caves, the steps on the natural rock, and the kethukawataya[2]
Kedetthawa ruinsGallewaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The dagoba mound and flight of steps on natural rock situated in the village[2]
Kettharama ViharaNo. 652-B-Maha UswewaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The dagoba building[2]
Kettharama ViharaNo. 652-B-Maha UswewaAnamaduwa6 June 2008The building ruins and stone inscription[6]
Kiwulagoda ruinsNo. 614 -E Kiwulagoda Agricultural Colonization SchemeMahakumbukkadawala23 January 2009The ruins of the dagoba[2]
Koraya Walawwa (known as “Sigiri” house)Chilaw TownChilaw9 September 2011Former house of Koraya family member[8]
Kuddetiyawa Sri Sunandarama ViharaNo. 499 A KuddetiyawaNattandiya24 July 2009The Image House, Dharmasala (Preaching Hall) and Pohoyageya[9]
Kummadiyagala ViharaDiwulwewaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The ancient dagoba mounds, and building ruins[2]
Labugala Sankadayagama ruinsDiwulwewaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The rock with evidence of antiques with chisel holing therein and buildings with rock drains[2]
Labugala ViharaDiwulwewaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The dagoba ruins, five drip ledged rock caves, the steps on the natural rock and evidence of rock inscriptions[2]
Lihiniyagiri ViharaGalkuliyaMahakumbukkadawala23 January 2009The dagoba belonging to the Lihiniyagiri Vihare premises and the antiques, stone pillars comprising evidence of buildings[2]
Maligawatta pondKanatthawaChilaw23 January 2009[3]
Malwila Archaeology ReserveVanathavilluwa[10]
Mangana Raja Maha ViharaMukunuwatawanaChilaw23 January 2009The ancient building foundation, ruins, and the mound containing ancient rock pillars[3]
Manikkanda Raja Maha ViharaUriyawaUriyawaAnamaduwa6 June 2008Dageba mound, and inscription[11]
Manikkanda Raja Maha ViharaUriyawaUriyawaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The dagoba building ruins and rock inscription[2]
Mulgirigala Raja Maha ViharaNawagattegamaCaves with drip ledges and other ruins[12]
Munneswaram templeNo. 568 - MunneswaramChilaw23 January 2009The sanctum sanctorum of the temple, internal pathway, the hall with the Sivan Temple building, the Gopura and the pathway wall around the temple, the ancient well, archaeologically important buildings and ancient pond within the precincts of the Munneswaram Sivan Temple[3]
Nagarama Purana Vihara524 MahawewaMahawewa6 June 2008Tampita vihara[13]
Nochchiwatawana ruinsNo. 569/D, Manuwangama-EastChilaw9 September 2011Archaeological reserve with Terra-Cotta Pottaries and Chaithya mound in the Daduru Oya Valley in Nochchiwatwana Village[8]
Old buildings in the townChilaw23 January 2009The Headquarters of the Police investigation Unit, Queen’s House of Chilaw, the prison Building of the Dutch and the Surveyor’s Camp[3]
Othappugala Purana ViharaKunthanigamaNo. 653-C-PeriyakulamAnamaduwa6 June 2008The drip ledged cave[6]
Othappugala Purana ViharaKunthanigamaNo. 653-C-PeriyakulamAnamaduwa23 January 2009Pre-historic rock cave and drip ledged rock cave inscriptions[2]
Padigalayaya ruinsNo. 651-A-MerungodaAnamaduwa6 June 2008The fight of steps on rock in the place called No. 8 Gammana Padigalayaya[7]
Paramakanda Raja Maha ViharaParamakandaAnamaduwa1 November 1996Image house with old paintings[14]
Paramakanda Raja Maha ViharaParamakandaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The ancient dagoba and two drip ledged caves, rock inscription, residence of the Buddha Bhikkus and three drip ledged caves[2]
Peththigama Purana ViharaNo. 658 A - WalpaluwaMahakumbukkadawala23 January 2009The ancient dagoba and the seven places containing ruins[2]
PichchandiyawaNawagattegamaCaves with drip ledges and other ruins[15]
Sri Sitthi Vinayagar KovilPuttalamThe pillayar statue[16]
Sri Sudarsanarama viharaNo. 653-B-KarambewaAnamaduwa6 June 2008The Tampitta Buddha shrine[6]
Sri Sudarsanarama viharaNo. 653-B-KarambewaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The Tempita vihare and ancient dagoba[2]
St. Carmel ChurchChilaw23 January 2009[3]
St. James ChurchChilaw23 January 2009[3]
St. Mary’s ChurchPuttalam[17]
Sumangala ViharaDematapitiyaArachchikattuwa23 January 2009The ancient stone pillars, circular building and the ancient brick foundation[3]
Thaniwelle DevalayaMahabaddegamaMadampe22 November 2002Bodhi tree and its surrounding premises[18]
Thinapitiya Tampita ViharaMahabaddegamaMadampe[19]
Thonigala Rock Inscription, AnamaduwaThonigalaAnamaduwa23 January 2009The Thonigala rock inscriptions[2]
Thuparama ruinsNo. 661-MuthalaikkuliAnamaduwa6 June 2008The dagoba ruins, stone inscriptions and evidence of buildings with stone pillars[7]
Tissawa Nochchi Watawala ruinsChilaw23 January 2009The seven rock pillars in the Registrar watte situated in the village of Tissawa Nochchi Watawala[3]
Veherabendi Kele ViharaMokkandaluwaArachchikattuwa23 January 2009The ancient Dagoba mound[3]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Notes
  1. "Protercted Monument List 2012-12-12" (PDF). Department of Archaeology. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. Gazette 1586 & 23 January 2009, p. 107.
  3. Gazette 1586 & 23 January 2009, p. 106.
  4. Gazette 1588 & 6 February 2009, p. 182.
  5. The Hansard report
  6. Gazette 1553 & 6 June 2008, p. 532.
  7. Gazette 1553 & 6 June 2008, p. 533.
  8. Gazette 1586 & 9 September 2011, p. 683.
  9. Gazette 1612 & 24 July 2009, p. 1025.
  10. "Malwila Archaeology Reserve". Department of Archaeology. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. Gazette 1486 & 23 February 2007, p. 8.
  12. "Mulgirigama Raja Maha Vihara – Mullegama". Archaeological Department. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  13. Gazette 1486 & 23 February 2007.
  14. "Gazette". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 948. 1 November 1996.
  15. "Pichchandiyawa". Archaeological Department. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  16. "Sri Sitthi Vinayagar Kovil". Archaeological Department. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  17. "St. Mary's Church, Sena Kuddirippuwa". Archaeological Department. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  18. "Gazette". The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1264. 22 November 2002.
  19. "Tinapitiya Tampita Vihara (Temple on Pillars)". Department of Archaeology. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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