Sri Lanka, Southern Province
Matara Dutch star fort town
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stems
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1650s-1900s VOC glass, garrison refuse.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Southern Dutch garrison and cinnamon collection point with a rampart fort and star fort at the Nilwala river mouth, occupied continuously since the 1640s.
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