Pattaraiperumbudur Archaeological Site

Pattaraiperumbudur Archaeological Site is an Iron Age habitation-cum-burial site located in Pattaraiperumbudur village, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, about 35 km northwest of Chennai. Excavated by the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology since 2022, the site has revealed megalithic cultural deposits, Black-and-Red Ware, Black Ware, iron objects, beads and burial features. It provides evidence of early Iron Age settlement in the Kortallaiyar river basin and is significant for understanding Tamil Nadu's early historic period.

Visitors can expect an active and recently excavated archaeological site in a rural agricultural landscape near the Kortallaiyar river. The site consists of marked excavation trenches showing stratified cultural deposits, sections of habitation debris and megalithic burial areas. There are no reconstructed monuments or museum structures on site; viewing is limited to the fenced trenches, spoil heaps and exposed sections. Information is primarily through site markers and interaction with excavation staff when work is in progress. The surroundings are open fields with limited shade and visitor infrastructure.