tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580612332367811681.post6840672818991652172..comments2024-01-20T10:46:34.311+00:00Comments on Malabar Days: Old Fort of NellialamNick Balmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12730750075841601992noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580612332367811681.post-8157077473637207712009-03-26T16:35:00.000+00:002009-03-26T16:35:00.000+00:00could that be right? Fortified granaries should be...could that be right? Fortified granaries should be within the fort walls, not outside. if you look at the faint ellipse, and assume a fort within it, the two granaries are well outside!Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580612332367811681.post-22851511438609452852009-03-26T16:33:00.000+00:002009-03-26T16:33:00.000+00:00An assumption - dinnai could be thinnai which mean...An assumption - dinnai could be thinnai which means flattened floor in colloquial Malayalam.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580612332367811681.post-41835564282460188082009-03-26T16:31:00.000+00:002009-03-26T16:31:00.000+00:00I think you can see the outlines of an elliptical ...I think you can see the outlines of an elliptical moat in this picture. also chatur kottai means four cornered fort (sort of) chatur is four and kottai is fort. I do not know what Dinnai is, it could be a badaga word.Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580612332367811681.post-52481254835507226422009-03-24T12:32:00.000+00:002009-03-24T12:32:00.000+00:00Nick : That "bald" hill looks perfectly suitable f...Nick : That "bald" hill looks perfectly suitable for coffee, provided it isn't rock (doesn't look like rock for I see traces of green grass within the kidney shaped outline of the former fort). The reason it looks bald or bereft of vegetation may be that the fort and buildings stood on the area and the foundation probably still remains below the surface. VN.Sudarshanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143741084713504656noreply@blogger.com