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Bentota Church

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Location	:	Galle District, Sri Lanka
Description	:	Bentota Church was built in 1755 at Bentota, a coastal town located in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, and was later used as a school. Several tombstones placed in the floor of the church were said to have existed at an early time, but only one was extant at the time of reading. Source: J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local Interest with an Obituary of Persons Uncommemorated, Colombo: H. C. Cottle, Government Printer, 1913, pp. 148-149.	Bentota Church was built in 1755 at Bentota, a coastal town located in Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, and was later used as a school. Several tombstones placed in the floor of the church were said to have existed at an early time, but only one was extant at the time of reading. Source: J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local Interest with an Obituary of Persons Uncommemorated, Colombo: H. C. Cottle, Government Printer, 1913, pp. 148-149.

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