Skip to content

The Ceylon Plates

Old photographs of Adam’s Peak

The sacred conical mountain, Sri Pada, a place of pilgrimage for several faiths.

TCP-A82Timber shrine on the bare rock at the top of Adam's PeakAdam's Peak (Sri Pada) · Date unknown

TCP-L155Adam's Peak over cleared hill slopesAdam's Peak (Sri Pada) area · c. 1880–1900

TCP-A85Stone steps climbing to the shrine on Adam's PeakAdam's Peak (Sri Pada) · c. 1909

TCP-L154Road through forest towards Adam's PeakAdam's Peak (Sri Pada) area · c. 1880–1900

TCP-L220River and cleared forest with Adam's PeakAdam's Peak area · c. 1880–1900

TCP-L219Winding road and stone bridge below the cone of Adam's PeakAdam's Peak (Sri Pada) · Date unknown