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[[File:Cave1-entrance.jpg|thumb|cave entrance]]<br />
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[[File:Cupules-image-2.jpg|thumb|Cupules in cave piralimattam nedumala]]<br />
The '''Nedumala Caves''' are in [[Piralimattam]], on the border of [[Idukki district]] and [[Ernakulam District]] in the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. Piralimattom Nedumala hills is a [[prehistoric]] site. [[Caves]] feature carvings on granite rock and stone shelter. According to archaeologist P. Rajendran, UGC Research Scientist, the caves may date to the [[Neolithic]] period around 4000 BC.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raman |first=Giji K. |last2=Raman |first2=Giji K. |date=2013-11-23 |title=A hamlet steeped in history, hidden in the mists of time |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/a-hamlet-steeped-in-history-hidden-in-the-mists-of-time/article5382383.ece |access-date=2018-04-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=K.raman |first=Giji |last2=K.raman |first2=Giji |date=2014-04-17 |title=Prehistoric rock shelter discovered |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/prehistoric-rock-shelter-discovered/article5920960.ece |access-date=2018-04-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kannan |first=Ajith |date=2014-04-10 |title=Inscriptions Discovered at Piralimattam Cave |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Inscriptions-Discovered-at-Piralimattam-Cave/2014/04/10/article2159258.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073818/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Inscriptions-Discovered-at-Piralimattam-Cave/2014/04/10/article2159258.ece |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=2018-04-24 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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Three caves discovered at Piralimattam in Nedumala have elaborate [[petroglyphs]] in [[Rock cupule|cupules]] and shallow grinding surface. Many concave cupules and grinding surfaces are visible, both completed and incomplete. <br />
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== Prehistoric rock-shelter (Muniyara) ==<br />
[[File:Stone-shelter.jpg|thumb|Prehistoric stone shelter]]<br />
A man-made shelter of the prehistoric past features a single rock slab 4 meters in length, 2 m in width and .5 m thick rests on two rock out-crops of 1.5 m height. Its opening is on the eastern side. The shelter can accommodate two or three people. The shelter has no characteristics of a [[Dolmen]] or Muniyara of the [[Megalithic]] culture.<br />
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== Location ==<br />
Piralimattam nedumala is in [[Manjalloor]] panchayath of [[Ernakulam]] district, Kerala. It is 3&nbsp;km from [[Kadalikkadu]] and 5&nbsp;km from [[Vazhakulam]]. <br />
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