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Nuwaragala Mountain – geographically significant remnant mountain – By Arundathie Abeysinghe Significant as a remnant mountain belonging to *Gal Oya Mountain Range, Nuwaragala Mountain is 658 meters high. Located in Pollebedda village (s well-known village of *Vedda community) in Mahaoya Divisional Secretariat Division in the*Ampara District, currently, the location is under the purview of the Department of Forest Conservation. Several decades ago, the location was inhabited by Vedda community. There are large numbers of ancient tank walls, ponds, stone steps and ruins of several temples including cave temples that have not been formally researched, yet. There is a large cave with dripstones with inscriptions. There are also large numbers of stone pillars on the ground. Hence, the surrounding area is archeologically significant. Situated along *Mahiyangane-*Dimbulagala-Dalukkane Road, a paved pathway constructed out of stone leads to the summit of the mountain and to a large cave that can house approximately 150 ...