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An Ancient Tank on the Trinco Road
Kantale Tank — Beside Kantale town on the A6
SUNSET OVER THE TANKPhoto by Raveendran Mathusha on Wikimedia CommonsA stop for the sunset over the water on the drive to the coast, with a modern history the village has not forgotten.
A reservoir on the A6 between Habarana and Trincomalee, attributed to King Aggabodhi II in the early 7th century and enlarged by Parakramabahu the Great, with an embankment more than 4 km long. Its dam burst before dawn on 20 April 1986, killing well over a hundred people; it has since been rebuilt for irrigation.
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8.3611° N, 80.9914° EOSM
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