Cairn Circles / Menhirs, at Kodumanal, Erode District, Tamil Nadu.

A continuation of Sarkar Periyapalayam's post…..

12^th November 2016.

After our Sri Sukreeswarar darshan, Mr Then Kongu Sadasivan got dropped, and we four, M/s Srinivasan, Raja, and Gowthami, continued our search at Kodumanal. Since this was my second visit to Kodumanal, I was interested in collecting precious stones and broken pot pieces with any inscriptions. (for the details of my first visit, CLICK HERE).

During my search, I came across two big stones of black in colour with rust on the sides.  I took a small piece to test for any iron content. After reaching home tested the same with a magnet and found that it attracts. It was learnt that Iron ore from Chennimalai Hill  & Salem Hills and finished products of Iron from Kodumanal were exported via this trade route from ports on the western part of India to Western countries.

 கல் வட்டங்கள்- ஈம குழிகள் – cairn circles 

 கல் வட்டங்கள்- ஈம குழிகள் – cairn circles 

Soolakal to denote the boundary of the land donated to the temple - Avinashi Shiva temple 

 Iron age burial site – கல் பதுகை

 An inscription stone speaks about the land donated to the Avinashi Shiva temple  

 An inscription stone speaks about the land donated to the Avinashi Shiva temple  

This black stone contains iron and may be used as iron ore - see the magnet sticks

This black stone contains iron and may be used as iron ore

 This black stone contains iron and may be used as iron ore

Iron slag 

Black and red mud pot broken pieces. The centre one is a big pot used for burial (முது மக்கள் தாழி )  

Stones that I collected (may be precious).

To be continued ( Kumarikal Palayam - Menhir)… …