List of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Colombo District explained

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

MonumentImageLocationGrama
Niladhari
Division
Divisional
Secretary's
Division
RegisteredDescriptionRefs
No. 434 AkarawitaThe drip ledged rock caves
Alakeshwara Archaeological SiteSri Jayawardenepura Kotte
House belonging to G. S. Dabaree (bearing Assessment No. 184) Colombo central, EastK. B. Cristee Pereira Mawatha
Tunnel at Kotte Ananda SastralayaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte[2]
MoatSri Jayawardenepura KotteMoat located in lot numbers from 115, 116, 119 to 126, 155, 156 and from 158 to 160 depicted in sheet No. 13 and lot numbers from 49, 50, 52, 53, 58, 60 to 63, 71, 72 depicted in sheet No. 17 and lot numbers from 60, 62, 63, 66 to 68 depicted in sheet No. 18 of Kotte Town Survey Plan No. 62 [3]
Andudola Kanda Archaeological ruinsNawagamuwa South No. 470 A/O/Nawagamuwa Drip-ledged cave and the two natural caves with pre-historic features in the Eastern Slope of the mountain
Asmandala cave No. 435 Kahatapitiya
PamankadaPamankada EastPond
Bans Hall Old house situated in the land called Bans Hall in Bans place
Canal around the old Dutch fort Parts of the canal[4]
Cargills buildingNo. 40/1, York Street, Colombo 01
Central Kovil, rest hall and roadJinthupitiya road
Christ Church Cemetery Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaFour engraved tombs in the Christian cemetery
ColomboAt Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters
Colombo Chartered Bank Building ColomboJanadipathi Street
Pettah
Dam Street Pettah (GND No. 522)
Colombo Port Custom building ColomboAt Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises
Colombo Port Lighthouse (North) ColomboAt Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises
Colombo Port Lighthouse (North western) ColomboAt Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises
Colombo Port ruins of rampart ColomboAt Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises
Colombo17 Janadhipathi Mawatha
Darly Building SuduwellaBuilding known as “Darly Building” in which presently the Office of Lanka Sama Samaja Party bearing Assessment No. 456 of Dr. Kolvin R. De Silva Mawatha
Kotahena
Delft GateBristol Street
Dutch store roomColombo FortAt Sri Lanka Ports Authority land premises
Elihouse water tanksElihouse No. 521/3
HenpitaTwo caves with drip-ledges in the Udamaluwa and Awasage in the Pahatha Maluwa
Ethul Kotte rampart and inner moat ruins Ethul KotteNo. 521 Rampart and extent of five feet of land from the rampart bounded in the north by lot numbers 89, 90, 129, 127, 126, 125, 124, 123, 122, 121, 120, 119, 116 and 115 and externally bounded on the South by Lot numbers 160, 158, 156, 155, 131, 132, 133 and 134 and inner moat in Kotte situated in Lot Numbers 87, 88, 139 and 159 and depicted in sheet number 13 of the Kotte town Survey Plan 87, 88, 139 and 159 and depicted in sheet No. 13 of Kotte Town Survey Plan No. 62
Ethul Kotte rampart ruins Ethul KotteNo. 521
  • Rampart and extent of five feet from the rampart bounded internally by Lot Numbers 116, 117, 113, 112, 110, 64, 63, 62, 61, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 33, 31, 30, 29, 28 and 26 and the rampart an extent of ten from the rampart externally bounded by Lot Numbers 27, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 111, 114 and 115 and depicted in sheet No. 13 of Kotte Town Survey Plan No. 62
  • The rampart and 5 feet of land from the rampart internally bounded by Lot No. 90, 85, 84 and 349 and the rampart and an extent of 10 feet from the rampart externally bounded by Lots 87, 86 and 360 depicted in sheet 13 of Kotte Town Survey Plan No. 62
  • Rampart and an extent 5 feet internally bounded by Lot Nos. 39, 33 and 81 and situated across Lot No. 284, 285, 287, 288, 280, 279, 278, 277, 276, 191, 192, 185, 137, 138, 131, 127, 141 and 40 and the rampart and an extent of 10 feet from the rampart externally bounded by Lots 136, 133 and situated across Lot Nos. 287, 282, 281, 277, 278, 290, 189 and 186 and depicted in Sheet No. 1111 of Kotte Town Survey Plan No. 62
  • Rampart and an extent of 5 feet from the rampart situated across lot Nos. 349, 344, 343, 342, 94, 93, 57 and 61, 62, 63, 65, 55 and 03 internally bounded by Lot No. 11 and the rampart and an extent of 10 feet from the rampart externally bounded Lot Nos. 350, 352, 57, 56, 02 and 07 depicted in Sheet No. 11 of Kotte Town Survey Plan No. 62
  • Rampart and an extent of 5 feet from the rampart situated across Lot Nos. 11, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 49, 71, 59, 46 and 45,44, 43, 42, 72 and 69 internally bounded by Lot No. 81 and the rampart and an extent of 10 feet from the rampart externally bounded by Lot Nos. 93, 18, 48, 73, 74, 75 and 80 depicted in Sheet No. 06 of Kotte Town Survey Plan No. 622
Fellows Lelah house MilagiriyaHouse called 'Fellows Lelah' (bearing Assessment No. 9) situated at Asoka Udyanaya
Colombo FortMain street [5] [6]
Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaNo. 546-A WedikandaBuddhist shrine
Giraimbula wooden bridgeNo. 435 A GiraimbulaThe portions of the bridge
Gothamipura No. 87 GotamipuraViharageya with paintings and sculptures
ColomboYork street
Hokandara-North The image house and the belfry
Hulftsdorp court complexHulftsdorp West and Keselwatta The buildings in which the High Court, District Court and the Commercial Court are being held situated in the Hulftsdorp High Court premises
Jawatta CemeteryOld stone tomb slabs and the well
Jayasekararama ViharaKuppiyawattaImage house, Awasa house and Devalaya [7]
Jubilee PostMirihana Jubilee Post junction
DematagodaDutch bell tower at Kayman's Gate [8]
No. 439 Diddeniya NorthThe drip ledged cave vihare, the Buddha Bhikkus residence together with the attached drip ledged cave
Koratota Raja Maha ViharaCaves with drip ledges and Stone inscriptions[9]
Lakshapathiya Old Buddha shrine, two storied Seema Malaka, Dwellings
Kuragala rock The natural cave with characteristics of pre-historic human settlements in the Kuragala mountain
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte[10]
Lanka Maccanance Macancy company limited Building ColomboLady Bastian Mawatha
Maha Bodhi Vihara, MaligakandaMaligakanda
MaligawattaThe burial place of the person named Hussein Lebbe and the tomb of person called Masthan Mawlana and the octagonal tomb
Maligawatta railway premises Office Complex, Drivers' old Lounge, Old crane building, Dhāvanāgāra building, 4 of Old water tank and Railway engine weighing building[11]
Maradana railway station store roomMaradanaOld store room
Colombo Municipal boundary [12]
Nawagamuwa Raja Maha ViaharaOld image house, stone pillars, Devalaya, Pattini, Upulvan, Kataragama, Dedimunada Devalayas, Awasa house and courtyard
Obeysekera WalawwaRajagiriya[13]
Olcott buildingPettahTheosophical Society center
Old Colombo Dutch Hospital[14]
Old guard cell At the intersection of Bank of Ceylon Mawatha and the Janadhipathi Mawatha within the Ceylinco Building car park area [15]
DematagodaImage house, Awasa house and Devalaya
No. 533 B BoralesgamuwaImage house and Avasage
Pitakotte
Pitakotte (GND No. 522) Wahalkada (Gateway) and artifacts
Portland Building ColomboSir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha
No. 546 B Ratmalana Vihara divisionImage house
Ratmalana Dewala Watta Ratmalana WestDewale house and other antiques
Samadhi Grahaya in Kalandar Sahib Waliyulla Muslim mosqueMaradana townPanchikawaththaRate No. 10, First Lane
Sankhapitti ViharaKotalawalaImage house [16]
Seetalena Cave No. 432Cave with dripledges known as Seethalena situated in the land called Anwilwatta
Shelk Usman Vali-ulah Darga Mosque alias Davatagaha Mosque
Siri Perakumba PirivenaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte[17]
No. 435-A-MadapathaBuddhist shrine
Sri Sudharmarama Vihara, HeraliyawalaHeraliyawala Image house, Awasa house and other ruins
Sri Sudharmarama ViharaBopeNo. 459B, SiyambalawaShrine within the premises
St. James Building No. 393, Union Place IbbanwalaThe archaic building identified as “St. James”, belonging to the Young Women’s Christian Association
Kotahena
KaragampitiyaKaragampitiyaImage house, Sathsathi Mandira, Bana preaching hall, Awasage and relict chamber
PepiliyanaNo. 535 Pepiliyana westImage house and Avasage
Jack tree situated in the Hanwella Rest House premises No. 443 B Hanwella Town
Two seats in the Hanwella Rest House No. 443 B Hanwella Town
Two drip ledged rock caves (Binduwanwatte) No. 440 Neluwanthuduwa
Two Storied School for the Blind building Ratmalana town
Army Recruiting Office building No. 21 Slave IslandAt Malay Street, Colombo 2
Thilakaratnarama Purana ViharaBorella town Borella South Stupa
Thummodera rock caveNo. 458 EastThe pre historic Thummodera rock cave situated on the Palhorukanda North slope
Vidyodaya Pirivena, MaligakandaMaligakandaImage house and Awasa house
Vipashyarama ViharaWatte gedara Image house
Walker Sons and Company Building ColomboSir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Protercted Monument List 2012-12-12. 12 December 2012. Department of Archaeology. 29 March 2016.
  2. Gazette. 27 June 1952. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 10418.
  3. Gazette. 12 August 1971. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 14970.
  4. Gazette. 18 August 2006. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1459.
  5. News: 100 year-old Gafoor building reconstruction underway. 25 June 2016. The Sunday Times. 30 March 2014.
  6. News: Making a car park out of a heritage building. 25 June 2016. The Sunday Leader. 3 February 2008.
  7. Gazette. 18 June 1999. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1085.
  8. Gazette. 21 January 2000. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1116.
  9. Gazette. 22 November 2002. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1264.
  10. Web site: Kotte Heritage 1: The Tunnels#The Lambrick Hall. 2 June 2017. archaeology.lk.
  11. Gazette. 16 February 2009. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1589/1.
  12. Gazette. 18 October 2002. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
  13. Gazette. 13 November 1992. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
  14. Gazette. 8 July 2005. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1401.
  15. Gazette. 16 January 1953. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 10589.
  16. Gazette. 1 November 1996. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 948.
  17. Gazette. 14 May 1971. The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 14958.