Remains of a Megalithic burial monument of the type of Dolmen, seen at Kathirave'li, Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka. Such monuments were called Kurakkup-paddadai in old Tamil. (Kurakku means death and Paddadai is enclosure). The site at Kathirave'li is locally called as Kurangkup-padai-vempu (vempu means barren land in Tamil). [Photo courtesy: Early Settlements in Jaffna, 1987]