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Haldummulla fort

Coordinates:6°45′52″N80°52′58″E / 6.764350°N 80.882657°E /6.764350; 80.882657

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Haldummulla Fort
Badulla,Sri Lanka
Site information
Type	Defencefort
Condition	Ruins
Location
Haldummulla Fort Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6°45′52″N80°52′58″E / 6.764350°N 80.882657°E /6.764350; 80.882657
Site history
Built by	Portuguese

Haldummulla Fort (Sinhala:හල්දුම්මුල්ල පැරණි බලකොටුවHaldummulla Pærani Balakotuwa;Tamil:ஹல்தும்முல்லைக் கோட்டை,romanized: Haltum'mullaik Kōṭṭai), was a fort built by thePortuguese inHaldummulla,Badulla. The 17th century fort was completely destroyed except the foundations, which can still be seen today in the forestry hill area. It served as a frontier post and staging post for Colombo. It provided a good view coverage of the surrounding areas.^[1]

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^"Haldummulla Portuguese Fort". Retrieved17 November 2014.

Portuguese Forts	Arandora fort Arippu fort Batticaloa fort Colombo fort Delft Island fort Fort Fredrick Fort Hammenheil Galle Fort Haldummulla fort^† Hanwella fort Jaffna fort Kalutara fort Kayts Island fort^† Kotugodella fort^† Malwana fort^† Mannar fort Matara fort Menikkadawara fort^† Negombo fort Pooneryn fort Ratnapura Portuguese fort^† Ruwanwella fort
Dutch Forts	Elephant Pass fort Fort Beschutter Fort Ostenburg Fort Pyl Kalpitiya fort Kankesanthurai fort Katuwana fort Koddiyar fort Mullaitivu fort Point Pedro fort Ratnapura Dutch fort Star fort Tangalle fort
British Forts	Fort MacDowall Martello tower

Less or no contribution/renovation works of Dutch are marked by† symbol under "Portuguese Forts", and others are considered as Dutch forts too.

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