No. 43.— 1892.] ritigala. 223 



I think that only two mdligdwas are mentioned by 

 Mr. Mantell, but I must have seen at least twenty — most of 

 them facing the east, that is, towards the foot of the hill. 



I started from the above-mentioned mdligdwas in a 

 north-westerly direction, and noticed, close to the path, that 

 one of the hill streams had made its way through a building 

 and washed away some of the stones. Here I found, in the 

 bed of the stream, half covered by a slab of stone, a circular 

 stone basin, and a moulded stone socket for a post (?), 

 about eight inches square at the top. (See fig. 2.) 



North of this place I came upon what is apparently a 

 privy. It consists of a slab of stone with a rectangular hole, 

 about 12 in. by 7 in., cut in it. The stone is covered with earth, 

 and I could not get at its size, Under the stone there is a stone 

 well, circular in shape, I think about eight feet deep and 

 four feet in diameter.* 



North-west of this place, and close to it, there is another 

 mdligdwa, the finest that I saw. It is built of moulded 

 stone and is of the usual double shape ; but there is a detached 

 building on the south of it, facing the main building, and 

 there is an outer verandah (?) running all round the two 

 buildings with only one opening on the east, opposite the 

 steps of the mdligdwa. As far as I can remember there 

 are some buildings outside the verandah which belong to this 

 mdligdwa, of which the privy is probably one. (See fig. 3.) 



Near this there is a ruin which looks like half a rough 

 arch. It is about six feet high, and is built of rough stone, 

 each course being projected further than the one below. It 

 may be a road over one of the streams, the other half having 

 been washed away. (See fig. 4.) 



East of this there is a building which makes me think, that 

 the stones now in the Anuradhapura Kachcheri grounds, which 

 were found below Basawakulam,t and which at the time were 



* All my measurements are approximate, as I had no measure with, me 

 at the time. 



t Archaeological Survey (Sessional Paper V., 1890, p. 2). 



