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Forts & fortresses in Sri Lanka

19 forts & fortresses in Sri Lanka. Data from Wikidata and Wikipedia.

Arippu Fort Arippu Fort (Arippuk Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: අරිප්පු බලකොටුව, Arippu Balakotuwa, also known as Al… Batticaloa Fort The Batticaloa Fort (Maṭṭakkaḷappuk Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: මඩකලපුව බලකොටුව, Madakalapuwa Balakot… Delft Island Fort Delft Island Fort (Neṭuntīvuk Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: ඩෙල්ෆ් බලකොටුව, Delf Balakotuwa, locally kn… Fort Fredrick Fort Fredrick (Tirukōṇamalai Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: ත්‍රිකුණාමලය බලකොටුව, Thrinkunamalaya Balako… Fort Hammenheil Fort Hammenhiel (Am'maṉṉīl Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: හැමන්හිල් බලකොටුව, Hæminanhil Balakotuwa) is a… Fort MacDowall Fort MacDowall was located in Matale. It was a fortified outpost during the Kandyan Wars, … Galle Fort Galle Fort (Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව Galu Kotuwa, Kālik Kōṭṭai), in the Bay of Galle on the sou… Jaffna Fort Jaffna Fort (Yāḻppāṇak Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: යාපනය බලකොටුව Yapanaya Balakotuwa) is a fort built… Kalutara Fort Kalutara fort (Sinhala: කලුතර බලකොටුව Kaluthara Balakotuwa, Kaḷuttuṟaik Kōṭṭai) was built … Katuwana Fort Katuwana Fort (Sinhala: කටුවන බලකොටුව Katuwana Balakotuwa, Kaṭṭuvaṉaik Kōṭṭai, also known … Kayts Island Fort The Kayts Island Fort (Ūrkāvaṟṟuṟaik Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: කයිට්ස් දූපත් බලකොටුව Kayits Dupath … Malwana Fort Malwana fort (Sinhala: මල්වාන බලකොටුව Malwana Balakothuwa) was located in Malwana, Gampaha… Mannar Fort Mannar Fort (Maṉṉārk Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: මන්නාරම් බලකොටුව Mannaram Balakotuwa) is located on … Martello Tower The Martello Tower (Sinhala: මාටෙලෝ කුළුණ Matelo Kuluna) in Hambantota, is a small circula… Matara Fort The Matara Fort (Sinhala: මාතර බලකොටුව Mathara Balakotuwa, Māttaṟaik Kōṭṭai) was built in … Matara Star Fort The Star Fort (Sinhala: මාතර තාරකා කොටුව Mathara Tharaka Kotuwa, Viṇmīṉ Kōṭṭai) is a fort … Negombo Fort Negombo Fort (Sinhala: මීගමුව බලකොටුව, Migamuwa Balakotuwa, Nīrkoḻumpuk Kōṭṭai) was a smal… Pooneryn Fort Pooneryn Fort (Pūnakarik Kōṭṭai, Sinhala: පූනරීන් බලකොටුව Punarin Balakotuwa) is located i… Tangalle Fort Tangalle Fort (Sinhala: තංගල්ල බලකොටුව, Tangalla Balakotuwa, Taṅkālaik Kōṭṭai) is a small …

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