Torpedo jar fragment, ring wells found in underwater archaeological exploration off the Poompuhar coast in  Mayiladuthurai district

A breached portion of a torpedo jar, believed to person been brought from West Asia during the aboriginal historical period, has been recovered by archaeologists of the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology during the 3rd signifier of the survey.  The archaeologists besides recovered 4 past ringing wells with diameters ranging from 60 cm to 65 cm. According to Mr. Kumar, the find of the ringing wells indicates that a palaeochannel might person been contiguous astatine the location.