Kalpitiya, is a narrow land tongue that stretches to the north for about 50 kilometres beyond Puttlam, parallel to the mainland. At the extreme tip is the Kalpitiya Fort, which, after a long time of neglect in which it slowly deteriorated, is now a Sri Lankan Navy base. It's a small fort that looks to be in good condition. It was built in 1667, on the spot where the Portuguese had a stockade and a Jesuit chapel. The walls are about 4 meters high and inside are the remnants of the chapel, a commander's house, barrack rooms, a prison and several go downs.

In between the village and the fort is an old unused church in a state of disrepair with a small cemetery. Inside it's quite empty. The only object in it is the heavy stone font. A few inscribed gravestones in the floor tell the stories of the dead. The building seems to have been renovated around 1840, when a semi-circular porch with brick and plaster pillars with Corinthian capitals was added, as well as three spires on its front gable. The roof of the porch has since collapsed. The belfry is original and is similar to the ones found in Galle and Colombo. Around the turn of the century the bell from the belfry, along with all the furniture from the church, was removed to an Anglican church in Puttlam.

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