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Nedumala Caves
Nedumala Caves are in Piralimattam.It is located on the border of Idukki and Ernakulam districts Kerala, India. Piralimattom Nedumala hills is a prehistoric site. Caves, well carved on granite rock and stone shelter are here. According to Dr. P. Rajendran, an Archaeologist and UGC Research Scientist , caves are  points towards its chronology to the Neolithic period of around 4000 BC. The three caves discovered at Piralimattam in Nedumala have elaborate petroglyphs in cupules and shallow grinding surface. At Piralimattam we can see large number of concave cupules and grinding surfaces, both completed and in-completed, even at the floor levels sight, excavations in future may unravel early Stone Age evidences from the thick deposit within the caves. Prehistoric Rock-shelter

Location

Piralimattam nedumala is in Manjalloor panchayath of Ernakulam district, kerala.It is 3 km from kadalikkadu and 5km from vazhakulam. Travellers have to negotiate a difficult terrain, cover a two-kilometre-stretch on the Kavana Pulukkayath kadavu via Kadalikkadu and scale small hills on the way.Google Map