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Title
Ancient well
Creator
Bopearachchi, Osmund
Date Created and/or Issued
2014
Publication Information
Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Ancient Cultural Sites and Royal Residences
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description
At ground level, 23 (length) X 33 (width) feet, but is 14 feet x 10 feet at the water level. It is 35 feet deep. Access is provided by five flights of steps which run along the eastern, northern and western walls. It is located near the refectory.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
acs00165.JPG
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll15/id/243
Subject
Wells
Time Period
6th century CE?
Place
Citadel
Anurādhapura
Sri Lanka
Relation
Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll15

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