On April 6, 2018, the Center for Information for Ocean-Pasai Heritage (CISAH) and Students Caring for Aceh History (Pelisa) of SMAN 5 Lhokseumawe, re-arranged the ancient burial complex site of the history of Samudra-Pasai and Aceh Darussalam, at Gampong Meunasah Mosque , Muara Dua sub-district, Lhokseumawe city.
This cemetery complex by the surrounding community is called 'Jirat Cot in Kandeh'. Located above a small hilly area right in the backyard of a resident's house, is approximately 2 KM from the beach, with a height of 60 Mdpl, est. The tomb complex itself extends 2 lines from east to west.
At this time meuseuraya no less than 48 tombstones successfully reorganized, with details of 21 pairs of complete gravestones, 6 tombstones have no pairs. In this complex has two typologies at once, namely typology Pasai and typology of Aceh Darussalam. The entire headstone is made of igneous rock (andesite) and sedimentary rock (sand stone).
Of the tens of pairs of tombstones, there are 5 pairs of tombstones containing inscription (inscription) Arab, all inscribed tombstone is recognized as a typology of Aceh Darussalam.
This tomb complex itself is dominated by tombstone andesite bertipologi Pasai, but there are some tombstone typology Pasai using sandstone. For tombstones bertipologi Pasai some existing ornaments are characterized as ornaments Aceh Darussalam. Therefore the team estimated this burial complex itself as ancient settlement tombs from the transition period of Samudra-Pasai to Aceh Darussalam. And pulled it again, there are a pair of Pasai bertipologi headstone that is equipped with rock body made of rock.
Given the importance of the history of the predecessors, CISAH and Pelisa invite the whole community to be active in saving and preserving the historical remains that are around us. 'Hasin Badir ..,' Do good, and be hasty for it.
