Batoe Mboelan (settlement site) is a location in or related to Aceh described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu. ‘White stone’ — site of the first Alasser settlement in the Alaslanden.
Type
settlement site
Description
‘White stone’ — site of the first Alasser settlement in the Alaslanden. The legendary white stone, said to have fallen from heaven, was said to howl to warn of approaching danger. Stone is gone; the September 1936 earthquake came unannounced.
Significance
Batoe Mboelan is recorded by Jongejan as part of the geography and historical landscape of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 84.