 When the original tombs were excavated for relocation, the French found the mortal remains of the nobles within had each been wrapped in numerous traditional "lambas" (woven silk cloths) then set within wooden coffins packed with charcoal.Bodies buried at Ambohimanga were found to have been entombed in the same way.Two more distinctive stone tombs were built beside the Fitomiandalana, to the north of Tranovola, the first of which was completed in 1828 by Louis Gros for Radama I.