This photo taken by Herdman in 1902 depict Captain J Donnan, and Captain J Legge, both acted as Pearl Fishery Inspectors, on an old cannon near the ruins of the Doric Bunglow. This photo show the level of erosion at Arippu even at the time.
This photo taken by Thilanka Siriwardana in 2021 during his excavation, depict the excavation pit and the levels of coastal erosion century late of the first photo. It happend to be a mere coincidence the two locations being linearly parrelel to the Doric.
