This is a list of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Colombo District, Sri Lanka.[1]
Monument | Image | Location | Grama Niladhari Division | Divisional Secretary's Division | Registered | Description | Refs |
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No. 434 Akarawita | The drip ledged rock caves | ||||||
Alakeshwara Archaeological Site | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | ||||||
House belonging to G. S. Dabaree (bearing Assessment No. 184) | Colombo central, East | K. B. Cristee Pereira Mawatha | |||||
Tunnel at Kotte Ananda Sastralaya | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | [2] | |||||
Moat | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | Moat 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 ruins | Nawagamuwa 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 | ||||||
Pamankada | Pamankada East | Pond | |||||
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 building | No. 40/1, York Street, Colombo 01 | ||||||
Central Kovil, rest hall and road | Jinthupitiya road | ||||||
Christ Church Cemetery | Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia | Four engraved tombs in the Christian cemetery | |||||
Colombo | At Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters | ||||||
Colombo Chartered Bank Building | Colombo | Janadipathi Street | |||||
Pettah | |||||||
Dam Street | Pettah (GND No. 522) | ||||||
Colombo Port Custom building | Colombo | At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises | |||||
Colombo Port Lighthouse (North) | Colombo | At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises | |||||
Colombo Port Lighthouse (North western) | Colombo | At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises | |||||
Colombo Port ruins of rampart | Colombo | At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises | |||||
Colombo | 17 Janadhipathi Mawatha | ||||||
Darly Building | Suduwella | Building 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 Gate | Bristol Street | ||||||
Dutch store room | Colombo Fort | At Sri Lanka Ports Authority land premises | |||||
Elihouse water tanks | Elihouse No. 521/3 | ||||||
Henpita | Two caves with drip-ledges in the Udamaluwa and Awasage in the Pahatha Maluwa | ||||||
Ethul Kotte rampart and inner moat ruins | Ethul Kotte | No. 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 Kotte | No. 521 |
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Fellows Lelah house | Milagiriya | House called 'Fellows Lelah' (bearing Assessment No. 9) situated at Asoka Udyanaya | |||||
Colombo Fort | Main street | [5] [6] | |||||
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia | No. 546-A Wedikanda | Buddhist shrine | |||||
Giraimbula wooden bridge | No. 435 A Giraimbula | The portions of the bridge | |||||
Gothamipura | No. 87 Gotamipura | Viharageya with paintings and sculptures | |||||
Colombo | York street | ||||||
Hokandara-North | The image house and the belfry | ||||||
Hulftsdorp court complex | Hulftsdorp 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 Cemetery | Old stone tomb slabs and the well | ||||||
Jayasekararama Vihara | Kuppiyawatta | Image house, Awasa house and Devalaya | [7] | ||||
Jubilee Post | Mirihana | Jubilee Post junction | |||||
Dematagoda | Dutch bell tower at Kayman's Gate | [8] | |||||
No. 439 Diddeniya North | The drip ledged cave vihare, the Buddha Bhikkus residence together with the attached drip ledged cave | ||||||
Koratota Raja Maha Vihara | Caves 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 | Colombo | Lady Bastian Mawatha | |||||
Maha Bodhi Vihara, Maligakanda | Maligakanda | ||||||
Maligawatta | The 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 room | Maradana | Old store room | |||||
Colombo Municipal boundary | [12] | ||||||
Nawagamuwa Raja Maha Viahara | Old image house, stone pillars, Devalaya, Pattini, Upulvan, Kataragama, Dedimunada Devalayas, Awasa house and courtyard | ||||||
Obeysekera Walawwa | Rajagiriya | [13] | |||||
Olcott building | Pettah | Theosophical 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] | |||||
Dematagoda | Image house, Awasa house and Devalaya | ||||||
No. 533 B Boralesgamuwa | Image house and Avasage | ||||||
Pitakotte | |||||||
Pitakotte (GND No. 522) | Wahalkada (Gateway) and artifacts | ||||||
Portland Building | Colombo | Sir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha | |||||
No. 546 B Ratmalana Vihara division | Image house | ||||||
Ratmalana Dewala Watta | Ratmalana West | Dewale house and other antiques | |||||
Samadhi Grahaya in Kalandar Sahib Waliyulla Muslim mosque | Maradana town | Panchikawaththa | Rate No. 10, First Lane | ||||
Sankhapitti Vihara | Kotalawala | Image house | [16] | ||||
Seetalena Cave | No. 432 | Cave with dripledges known as Seethalena situated in the land called Anwilwatta | |||||
Shelk Usman Vali-ulah Darga Mosque alias Davatagaha Mosque | |||||||
Siri Perakumba Pirivena | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | [17] | |||||
No. 435-A-Madapatha | Buddhist shrine | ||||||
Sri Sudharmarama Vihara, Heraliyawala | Heraliyawala | Image house, Awasa house and other ruins | |||||
Sri Sudharmarama Vihara | Bope | No. 459B, Siyambalawa | Shrine within the premises | ||||
St. James Building | No. 393, Union Place | Ibbanwala | The archaic building identified as “St. James”, belonging to the Young Women’s Christian Association | ||||
Kotahena | |||||||
Karagampitiya | Karagampitiya | Image house, Sathsathi Mandira, Bana preaching hall, Awasage and relict chamber | |||||
Pepiliyana | No. 535 Pepiliyana west | Image 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 Island | At Malay Street, Colombo 2 | |||||
Thilakaratnarama Purana Vihara | Borella town | Borella South | Stupa | ||||
Thummodera rock cave | No. 458 East | The pre historic Thummodera rock cave situated on the Palhorukanda North slope | |||||
Vidyodaya Pirivena, Maligakanda | Maligakanda | Image house and Awasa house | |||||
Vipashyarama Vihara | Watte gedara | Image house | |||||
Walker Sons and Company Building | Colombo | Sir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha | |||||