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Ruwanwelisaya, overgrown, with fence and small white house. Ruwanwelisaya, Anuradhapura.
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Ancient Ruins

Ruwanwelisaya, overgrown, with fence and small white house

Ruwanwelisaya, Anuradhapura
c. 1885–1905

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The same spot as TCP-R8: the pillared hall photographed by Lawton in 1870-71 stands in front of this building, which does not appear in that earlier view.
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TCP-R36

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