-| Palshet | -
Situated
in the district Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.The survey at this site has revealed
a partyly burried embankment wall of mediaval period which is located close
to the tidal creek of Palshet.This wall is almost completely burried under the
silt.The height of the wall is about 3 mts and at the base it is nearly 2.5
mts tapering down to 1 mtr at the top.The length of the meandering wall could
be traced in nearly 1.5 k.m.,according to the locals it was a port in the ancient
time but due to higher rate of siltting and heavy rainfall it is hard to date
any specific period for it.It is most probable that a part of a wall could have
been used as jettey and the rest as an embarkment to prevent the tidal water.
Presently the wall is 2 k.m. away from the beach.
The Palshet is ideal position for an ancient port which was only 3 k.m. away
from the sea.During high tides the bigger could have come right to the wall
for loading and unloading.
Due to the natural condition here it is difficult to undertake a normal archeological
excavaiton and as whole of the stone stucture is burried under the Silt it provide
the ideal situation for the application of geophysical method.This year the
archeoligical work at this site is likly to take place for about six weeks during
the months between Oct'01 to Mar'02.This work will involve the measurement of
resistivity and megnetic anomalies.The anomolies will be plotted on the field
maps for locating the extent and the plan of the wall.
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