This is a list of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Monument Image Location GramaNiladhariDivision DivisionalSecretary'sDivision Registered Description Refs Akarawita Raja Maha Vihara No. 434 AkarawitaHanwella The drip ledged rock caves Alakeshwara Archaeological Site Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Kotte House belonging to G. S. Dabaree (bearing Assessment No. 184) Colombo central, EastColombo K. B. Cristee Pereira Mawatha Tunnel at Kotte Ananda Sastralaya Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Kotte Moat Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte 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 Andudola Kanda Archaeological ruins Nawagamuwa South No. 470 A/O/Nawagamuwa Kaduwela Drip-ledged cave and the two natural caves with pre-historic features in the Eastern Slope of the mountain Asmandala cave No. 435 KahatapitiyaHanwella Balapokuna Raja Maha Vihara Pamankada Pamankada EastThimbirigasyaya Pond Bans Hall Thimbirigasyaya Old house situated in the land called Bans Hall in Bans place Canal around the old Dutch fort Hanwella Parts of the canal Cargills building Colombo No. 40/1, York Street, Colombo 01 Central Kovil, rest hall and road Kotahena Colombo Jinthupitiya road Christ Church Cemetery Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Ratmalana Four engraved tombs in the Christian cemetery Clifan Burg House Colombo Colombo At Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters Colombo Chartered Bank Building Colombo Colombo Janadipathi Street Colombo Dutch Museum Pettah Colombo Colombo Methodist Church Dam Street Pettah (GND No. 522) Colombo Colombo Port Custom building Colombo Colombo At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises Colombo Port Lighthouse (North) Colombo Colombo At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises Colombo Port Lighthouse (North western) Colombo Colombo At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises Colombo Port ruins of rampart Colombo Colombo At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises Former General Post Office, Colombo Colombo Colombo 17 Janadhipathi Mawatha Darly Building SuduwellaThimbirigasyaya 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 Deepaduththarama Vihara Kotahena Colombo Delft Gate Colombo Fort Colombo Bristol Street Dutch store room Colombo Fort Colombo At Sri Lanka Ports Authority land premises Elihouse water tanks Elihouse No. 521/3Modara Embulgama Raja Maha Vihara HenpitaHomagama Two caves with drip-ledges in the Udamaluwa and Awasage in the Pahatha Maluwa Ethul Kotte rampart and inner moat ruins Ethul KotteNo. 521 Nugegoda 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 Nugegoda 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 MilagiriyaThimbirigasyaya House called 'Fellows Lelah' (bearing Assessment No. 9) situated at Asoka Udyanaya Gaffoor Building Colombo Fort Colombo Main street Galkissa Samudrasanna Vihara Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia No. 546-A WedikandaRatmalana Buddhist shrine Giraimbula wooden bridge No. 435 A GiraimbulaHanwella The portions of the bridge Gotami Vihara Gothamipura No. 87 GotamipuraThimbirigasyaya Viharageya with paintings and sculptures Grand Oriental Hotel Colombo Colombo York street Hokandara Purana Vihara Hokandara-North Kaduwela The image house and the belfry Hulftsdorp court complex Hulftsdorp West and Keselwatta Colombo 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 Havelock Town Thimbirigasyaya Old stone tomb slabs and the well Jayasekararama Vihara Kuppiyawatta Colombo Image house, Awasa house and Devalaya Jubilee Post Mirihana Nugegoda Jubilee Post junction Kayman's Gate Dematagoda Colombo Dutch bell tower at Kayman's Gate Koholankanda Forest Hermitage No. 439 Diddeniya NorthHanwella The drip ledged cave vihare, the Buddha Bhikkus residence together with the attached drip ledged cave Koratota Raja Maha Vihara Koratota Kaduwela Caves with drip ledges and Stone inscriptions Kshetrarama Maha Vihara Lakshapathiya Moratuwa Old Buddha shrine, two storied Seema Malaka, Dwellings Kuragala rock Padukka The natural cave with characteristics of pre-historic human settlements in the Kuragala mountain Lambrick Hall Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Kotte The old Lambrick hall building at Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya Lanka Maccanance Macancy company limited Building Colombo Colombo Lady Bastian Mawatha Maha Bodhi Vihara, Maligakanda Maligakanda Colombo Maligawatta Muslim Cemetery MaligawattaColombo The burial place of the person named Hussein Lebbe and the tomb of person called Masthan Mawlana and the octagonal tomb Maligawatta railway premises Maligawatta Colombo Office Complex, Drivers' old Lounge, Old crane building, Dhāvanāgāra building, 4 of Old water tank and Railway engine weighing building Maradana railway station store room Maradana Colombo Old store room National Museum of Colombo Colombo Municipal boundary Thimbirigasyaya Nawagamuwa Raja Maha Viahara Nawagamuwa Kaduwela Old image house, stone pillars, Devalaya, Pattini, Upulvan, Kataragama, Dedimunada Devalayas, Awasa house and courtyard Obeysekera Walawwa Rajagiriya Kotte Olcott building Pettah Colombo Theosophical Society center Old Colombo Dutch Hospital Colombo Fort Colombo Old guard cell Colombo Fort Colombo At the intersection of Bank of Ceylon Mawatha and the Janadhipathi Mawatha within the Ceylinco Building car park area Padanaghara Vihara Dematagoda Colombo Image house, Awasa house and Devalaya Paramadhamma Niwasa Piriwena No. 533 B BoralesgamuwaKesbewa Image house and Avasage Pita Kotte Gal Ambalama PitakotteKotte Ambalama Pita Kotte Raja Maha Vihara Pitakotte (GND No. 522) Kotte Wahalkada (Gateway) and artifacts Portland Building Colombo Colombo Sir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha Pushparama Vihara, Ratmalana No. 546 B Ratmalana Vihara divisionDehiwala Image house Ratmalana Dewala Watta Ratmalana WestRatmalana Dewale house and other antiques Samadhi Grahaya in Kalandar Sahib Waliyulla Muslim mosque Maradana town PanchikawaththaColombo Rate No. 10, First Lane Sankhapitti Vihara Kotalawala Kaduwela Image house Seetalena Cave No. 432Hanwella Cave with dripledges known as Seethalena situated in the land called Anwilwatta Shelk Usman Vali-ulah Darga Mosque alias Davatagaha Mosque Cinnamon Gardens Thimbirigasyaya Siri Perakumba Pirivena Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Kotte Sri Shylathalarama Vihara, Madapatha No. 435-A-MadapathaKesbewa Buddhist shrine Sri Sudharmarama Vihara, Heraliyawala Heraliyawala Homagama Image house, Awasa house and other ruins Sri Sudharmarama Vihara Bope No. 459B, SiyambalawaPadukka Shrine within the premises St. James Building No. 393, Union Place IbbanwalaColombo The archaic building identified as “St. James”, belonging to the Young Women's Christian Association St. Lucia's Cathedral Kotahena Colombo Subodharama Purana Vihara Karagampitiya KaragampitiyaDehiwala Image house, Sathsathi Mandira, Bana preaching hall, Awasage and relict chamber Sunetradevi Raja Maha Vihara Pepiliyana No. 535 Pepiliyana westKesbewa Image house and Avasage Jack tree situated in the Hanwella Rest House premises No. 443 B Hanwella TownHanwella Two seats in the Hanwella Rest House No. 443 B Hanwella TownHanwella Two drip ledged rock caves (Binduwanwatte) No. 440 NeluwanthuduwaHanwella Two Storied School for the Blind building Ratmalana townRatmalana Army Recruiting Office building No. 21 Slave IslandColombo At Malay Street, Colombo 2 Thilakaratnarama Purana Vihara Borella town Borella South Thimbirigasyaya Stupa Thummodera rock cave No. 458 EastPadukka The pre historic Thummodera rock cave situated on the Palhorukanda North slope Vidyodaya Pirivena, Maligakanda Maligakanda Colombo Image house and Awasa house Vipashyarama Vihara Watte gedara Maharagama Image house Walker Sons and Company Building Colombo Colombo Sir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha
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External links Department of Archaeology - Sri Lanka Ministry of Culture and the Arts