The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Chennai Circle has planned to undertake excavation at Amoor.
It is a protected site located on the banks of lower Palar River valley near Thiruporur in Chengalpattu district.
The ASI, in 1921, had discovered a megalithic burial site having cists and cairns in a 130-acre odd parcel of land located in Amoor village in the lower Palar valley.
The ancient burial site is believed to be 2000 years old.
In 2007 had unearthed megalithic sarcophagus, iron objects and carnelian beads at Siruthavur, a site believed to be 2500 years old.