List of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Colombo District

This is a list of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Colombo District, Sri Lanka.^[1]

Monument	Location	Grama Niladhari Division	Divisional Secretary's Division	Registered	Description	Refs
Akarawita Raja Maha Vihara		No. 434 Akarawita	Hanwella	6 June 2008	The drip ledged rock caves	^[2]
Alakeshwara Archaeological Site	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte		Kotte
House belonging to G. S. Dabaree (bearing Assessment No. 184)		Colombo central, East	Colombo	23 February 2007	K. B. Cristee Pereira Mawatha	^[3]
Tunnel at Kotte Ananda Sastralaya	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte		Kotte	27 June 1952		^[4]
Moat	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte		Kotte	12 August 1971	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	^[5]
Andudola Kanda Archaeological ruins	Nawagamuwa South	No. 470 A/O/Nawagamuwa	Kaduwela	30 December 2011	Drip-ledged cave and the two natural caves with pre-historic features in the Eastern Slope of the mountain	^[6]
Asmandala cave		No. 435 Kahatapitiya	Hanwella	6 June 2008		^[2]
Balapokuna Raja Maha Vihara	Pamankada	Pamankada East	Thimbirigasyaya	6 June 2008	Pond	^[2]
Bans Hall			Thimbirigasyaya	6 July 2007	Old house situated in the land called Bans Hall in Bans place	^[7]
Canal around the old Dutch fort			Hanwella	18 August 2006	Parts of the canal	^[8]
Cargills building			Colombo	9 December 2011	No. 40/1, York Street, Colombo 01	^[9]
Central Kovil, rest hall and road	Kotahena		Colombo	22 November 2002	Jinthupitiya road	^[10]
Christ Church Cemetery	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia		Ratmalana	6 June 2008	Four engraved tombs in the Christian cemetery	^[11]
Clifan Burg House	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	At Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters	^[12]
Colombo Chartered Bank Building	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	Janadipathi Street	^[12]
Colombo Dutch Museum	Pettah		Colombo	18 June 1999		^[13]
Colombo Methodist Church	Dam Street	Pettah (GND No. 522)	Colombo	17 May 2013		^[14]
Colombo Port Custom building	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises	^[12]
Colombo Port Lighthouse (North)	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises	^[12]
Colombo Port Lighthouse (North western)	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises	^[12]
Colombo Port ruins of rampart	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	At Sri Lanka Ports Authority premises	^[12]
Former General Post Office, Colombo	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	17 Janadhipathi Mawatha	^[12]
Darly Building		Suduwella	Thimbirigasyaya	23 February 2007	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	^[3]
Deepaduththarama Vihara	Kotahena		Colombo	18 June 1999		^[13]
Delft Gate		Colombo Fort	Colombo	9 December 2011	Bristol Street	^[6]
Dutch store room	Colombo Fort		Colombo	18 June 1999	At Sri Lanka Ports Authority land premises	^[13]
Elihouse water tanks		Elihouse No. 521/3	Modara	25 March 2016		^[15]
Embulgama Raja Maha Vihara		Henpita	Homagama	6 July 2007	Two caves with drip-ledges in the Udamaluwa and Awasage in the Pahatha Maluwa	^[7]
Ethul Kotte rampart and inner moat ruins	Ethul Kotte	No. 521	Nugegoda	23 February 2007	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	^[3]
Ethul Kotte rampart ruins	Ethul Kotte	No. 521	Nugegoda	23 February 2007	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	^[3]
Fellows Lelah house		Milagiriya	Thimbirigasyaya	23 January 2009	House called 'Fellows Lelah' (bearing Assessment No. 9) situated at Asoka Udyanaya	^[16]
Gaffoor Building	Colombo Fort		Colombo		Main street	^[17]^[18]
Galkissa Samudrasanna Vihara	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	No. 546-A Wedikanda	Ratmalana	6 June 2008	Buddhist shrine	^[11]
Giraimbula wooden bridge		No. 435 A Giraimbula	Hanwella	6 June 2008	The portions of the bridge	^[2]
Gotami Vihara	Gothamipura	No. 87 Gotamipura	Thimbirigasyaya	6 July 2007	Viharageya with paintings and sculptures	^[19]
Grand Oriental Hotel	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	York street	^[12]
Hokandara Purana Vihara		Hokandara-North	Kaduwela	17 May 2013	The image house and the belfry	^[14]
Hulftsdorp court complex		Hulftsdorp West and Keselwatta	Colombo	22 July 2011	The buildings in which the High Court, District Court and the Commercial Court are being held situated in the Hulftsdorp High Court premises	^[20]
Jawatta Cemetery	Havelock Town		Thimbirigasyaya	8 July 2005	Old stone tomb slabs and the well	^[21]
Jayasekararama Vihara	Kuppiyawatta		Colombo	18 June 1999	Image house, Awasa house and Devalaya	^[13]
Jubilee Post	Mirihana		Nugegoda	8 July 2005	Jubilee Post junction	^[21]
Kayman's Gate	Dematagoda		Colombo	21 January 2000	Dutch bell tower at Kayman's Gate	^[12]
Koholankanda Forest Hermitage		No. 439 Diddeniya North	Hanwella	23 January 2009	The drip ledged cave vihare, the Buddha Bhikkus residence together with the attached drip ledged cave	^[22]
Koratota Raja Maha Vihara	Koratota		Kaduwela	22 November 2002	Caves with drip ledges and Stone inscriptions	^[10]
Kshetrarama Maha Vihara	Lakshapathiya		Moratuwa		Old Buddha shrine, two storied Seema Malaka, Dwellings
Kuragala rock			Padukka	6 July 2007	The natural cave with characteristics of pre-historic human settlements in the Kuragala mountain	^[7]
Lambrick Hall	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte		Kotte		The old Lambrick hall building at Sri Jayawardenepura Maha Vidyalaya	^[23]
Lanka Maccanance Macancy company limited Building	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	Lady Bastian Mawatha	^[12]
Maha Bodhi Vihara, Maligakanda	Maligakanda		Colombo	18 June 1999		^[13]
Maligawatta Muslim Cemetery		Maligawatta	Colombo	6 July 2007	The burial place of the person named Hussein Lebbe and the tomb of person called Masthan Mawlana and the octagonal tomb	^[7]
Maligawatta railway premises	Maligawatta		Colombo	16 February 2009	Office Complex, Drivers' old Lounge, Old crane building, Dhāvanāgāra building, 4 of Old water tank and Railway engine weighing building	^[24]
Maradana railway station store room	Maradana		Colombo	18 June 1999	Old store room	^[13]
National Museum of Colombo	Colombo Municipal boundary		Thimbirigasyaya	18 October 2002		^[25]
Nawagamuwa Raja Maha Viahara	Nawagamuwa		Kaduwela	22 November 2002	Old image house, stone pillars, Devalaya, Pattini, Upulvan, Kataragama, Dedimunada Devalayas, Awasa house and courtyard	^[10]
Obeysekera Walawwa	Rajagiriya		Kotte	13 November 1992		^[26]
Olcott building	Pettah		Colombo	18 June 1999	Theosophical Society center	^[13]
Old Colombo Dutch Hospital		Colombo Fort	Colombo	8 July 2005		^[21]
Old guard cell		Colombo Fort	Colombo	16 January 1953	At the intersection of Bank of Ceylon Mawatha and the Janadhipathi Mawatha within the Ceylinco Building car park area	^[27]
Padanaghara Vihara	Dematagoda		Colombo	18 June 1999	Image house, Awasa house and Devalaya	^[13]
Paramadhamma Niwasa Piriwena		No. 533 B Boralesgamuwa	Kesbewa	23 February 2007	Image house and Avasage	^[3]
Pita Kotte Gal Ambalama		Pitakotte	Kotte		Ambalama
Pita Kotte Raja Maha Vihara		Pitakotte (GND No. 522)	Kotte	17 May 2013	Wahalkada (Gateway) and artifacts	^[14]
Portland Building	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	Sir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha	^[12]
Pushparama Vihara, Ratmalana		No. 546 B Ratmalana Vihara division	Dehiwala	23 February 2007	Image house	^[3]
Ratmalana Dewala Watta		Ratmalana West	Ratmalana	23 January 2009	Dewale house and other antiques	^[22]
Samadhi Grahaya in Kalandar Sahib Waliyulla Muslim mosque	Maradana town	Panchikawaththa	Colombo	15 April 2016	Rate No. 10, First Lane	^[28]
Sankhapitti Vihara	Kotalawala		Kaduwela	1 November 1996	Image house	^[29]
Seetalena Cave		No. 432	Hanwella	6 July 2007	Cave with dripledges known as Seethalena situated in the land called Anwilwatta	^[7]
Shelk Usman Vali-ulah Darga Mosque alias Davatagaha Mosque	Cinnamon Gardens		Thimbirigasyaya	9 December 2011		^[6]
Siri Perakumba Pirivena	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte		Kotte	14 May 1971		^[30]
Sri Shylathalarama Vihara, Madapatha		No. 435-A-Madapatha	Kesbewa	6 June 2008	Buddhist shrine	^[11]
Sri Sudharmarama Vihara, Heraliyawala	Heraliyawala		Homagama	22 November 2002	Image house, Awasa house and other ruins	^[10]
Sri Sudharmarama Vihara	Bope	No. 459B, Siyambalawa	Padukka	15 April 2016	Shrine within the premises	^[28]
St. James Building	No. 393, Union Place	Ibbanwala	Colombo	24 July 2009	The archaic building identified as “St. James”, belonging to the Young Women’s Christian Association	^[31]
St. Lucia's Cathedral	Kotahena		Colombo	18 June 1999		^[13]
Subodharama Purana Vihara	Karagampitiya	Karagampitiya	Dehiwala	23 February 2007	Image house, Sathsathi Mandira, Bana preaching hall, Awasage and relict chamber	^[3]
Sunetradevi Raja Maha Vihara	Pepiliyana	No. 535 Pepiliyana west	Kesbewa	23 February 2007	Image house and Avasage	^[3]
Jack tree situated in the Hanwella Rest House premises		No. 443 B Hanwella Town	Hanwella	6 February 2009		^[32]
Two seats in the Hanwella Rest House		No. 443 B Hanwella Town	Hanwella	6 June 2008		^[11]
Two drip ledged rock caves (Binduwanwatte)		No. 440 Neluwanthuduwa	Hanwella	23 January 2009		^[22]
Two Storied School for the Blind building		Ratmalana town	Ratmalana	9 September 2011		^[33]
Army Recruiting Office building		No. 21 Slave Island	Colombo	6 June 2008	At Malay Street, Colombo 2	^[2]
Thilakaratnarama Purana Vihara	Borella town	Borella South	Thimbirigasyaya	8 July 2005	Stupa	^[21]
Thummodera rock cave		No. 458 East	Padukka	23 January 2009	The pre historic Thummodera rock cave situated on the Palhorukanda North slope	^[22]
Vidyodaya Pirivena, Maligakanda	Maligakanda		Colombo	18 June 1999	Image house and Awasa house	^[13]
Vipashyarama Vihara	Watte gedara		Maharagama	8 July 2005	Image house	^[21]
Walker Sons and Company Building	Colombo		Colombo	21 January 2000	Sir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha	^[12]