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Built in 1921, the Pusella Ambalama is a dressed-stone wayside rest house featuring interior seating ledges and open ventilation. Four central stone pillars on a raised platform support its timber roof, joined by a traditional Keni Madala.

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The Gasnawa Ambalama is a large rectangular kabook-and-mortar resting house. Supported by eight pillars, its low perimeter walls feature built-in seating at varying heights to reflect historical caste hierarchies, topped with a timber roof for an open, ventilated shelter.

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Located on an exposed rock outcrop on Yogamuwa Kanda, the Athalagala Ambalama sits directly on granite bedrock. This brick-and-mortar structure features open half-walls, internal cement benches, and heavy square masonry pillars supporting a tile-clad hipped roof, offering panoramic views and shelter for travelers.

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Built beside ancient travel routes, the Delgolla Ambalama in Polgahawela provided historical travelers with shelter, water access, and rest. The rectangular brick structure features open-sided seating, cylindrical and rectangular pillars, an enclosed rear room, and a traditional tile-clad gable roof.

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The Nilwakka Ambalama is a rectangular rest house on a 0.6-meter platform with a low, open-walled design for ventilation. Built with flat clay roof tiles and seven pillars, recent restoration altered its original roof shape and replaced wooden pillars with cement.

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