Pigeon Cage

There are many archeological monuments in the Delft Island. Pigeon cage is one such archeological site which has more than three hundred years of history. This was constructed during the Dutch period. The historical books say that those pigeons were used as Messengers. It is a tower made out of coral rocks. It has been used to rest and keep the pigeons which were used to send messages. Once the message was tied to a leg of a pigeon, it had flied to Jaffna and returned after delivering the message. There might have been more pigeon holes but now this is the only one remaining. It has observation peep holes in the cage. This is one of the ancient structures which attract more tourists to this Island.

Lt. Nolan had reared around 60 pigeons on the island, which he used to communicate with the contacts in the Jaffna Peninsula. The pigeon holes used to house these pigeons.

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