Megaliths
Megaliths, originally meant large stones, are the monuments that represent the megalithic period, which lasted from 2500 BC to AD 200.
Constructed mainly as commemorative memorials or burial sites, these monuments are known to be the earliest surviving man-made structures that we currently know about.
Thoppikkallu
Hat stones, popularly called Thoppikkallu in Malayalam, are hemispherical laterite stones used as lids on burial urns during the megalithic period.
Nagaparamba
Nagaparambu is a small Village/hamlet in Kuttippuram Block in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India. It comes under Natuvattam Panchayath.
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A large number of megalithic hat stones were found from a single site during a recent salvage excavation conducted by the Kerala State Archaeology Department at Nagaparamba in Kuttippuram village, near Tirunavaya, in Malappuram district.
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