Shelling Zone

Jaffna & the North

A small dirt road near the Sea Tiger Shipyard runs northwest and is back from the beach. Go about 1km from the A35 and stop near a military base entrance. The grass-covered ground here is pocketed and uneven. It's odd until you realise that this is a shelling zone, one of the places where LTTE civilians were shelled in the war's final days in February, 2009. No marker or memorial exists here.

These events remain very controversial, with much blame cast in all directions, but the evidence that thousands were killed is overwhelming as detailed in UN reports among others.

Contact

Address

off A35

Suggest an edit to this attraction

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Sea Tiger Shipyard
0.53 MILES
The LTTE navy was a guerrilla force that operated for decades, often organising suicide attacks on government ships and ports. This site is where…
Mullaittivu Beach
6.25 MILES
The beach at Mullaittivu is long, white and beautiful. It's undeveloped, although there is some construction in the town, as stores are being built. There…
Buldozer Memorial
26.3 MILES
About 1km south of the causeway's southern end, there is a large memorial to Gamini Kularatne, a Sri Lanka Army soldier who single-handedly disabled an…
Fallen Water Tower
23.85 MILES
Right near the centre of town, an enormous concrete water tower lies on its side where it was toppled in the final days of the war in 2008. The sheer size…
Elephant Pass War Memorial
26.93 MILES
This grandiose, vaguely stupa-like monument glorifies the role of the Sri Lankan armed forces in defeating the LTTE and lauds the role of former President…
Monument of Victory
2.02 MILES
Set amid a marsh, a huge gold-coloured torso of a soldier juts up from the ground. It's bombastic to say the least; nearby a small building houses map…
Vaddu Vakal Bridge
4.56 MILES
This single-lane concrete veteran still bears war scars. When the fish are running, the sides are lined with people casting nets; it's one of the few…

View more attractions

Nearby Jaffna & the North attractions

1. Sea Tiger Shipyard

0.53 MILES

The LTTE navy was a guerrilla force that operated for decades, often organising suicide attacks on government ships and ports. This site is where…

2. Monument of Victory

2.02 MILES

Set amid a marsh, a huge gold-coloured torso of a soldier juts up from the ground. It's bombastic to say the least; nearby a small building houses map…

3. Vaddu Vakal Bridge

4.56 MILES

This single-lane concrete veteran still bears war scars. When the fish are running, the sides are lined with people casting nets; it's one of the few…

4. Mullaittivu Beach

6.25 MILES

The beach at Mullaittivu is long, white and beautiful. It's undeveloped, although there is some construction in the town, as stores are being built. There…

5. Fallen Water Tower

23.85 MILES

Right near the centre of town, an enormous concrete water tower lies on its side where it was toppled in the final days of the war in 2008. The sheer size…

6. Buldozer Memorial

26.3 MILES

About 1km south of the causeway's southern end, there is a large memorial to Gamini Kularatne, a Sri Lanka Army soldier who single-handedly disabled an…

7. Elephant Pass War Memorial

26.93 MILES

This grandiose, vaguely stupa-like monument glorifies the role of the Sri Lankan armed forces in defeating the LTTE and lauds the role of former President…

View more attractions

placement: superzone
path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],

targeting:

{
  "url": "sri-lanka/mullaittivu-around/attractions/shelling-zone/a/poi-sig/1568317/1342017",
  "destination": "Jaffna-&-the-North",
  "continent": "Asia",
  "country": "Sri-Lanka",
  "region": "Jaffna-&-the-North",
  "position": "superzone"
}