In 1992, the Ministry of the Interior commissioned scholars to do a survey of 109 major archaeological sites throughout Taiwan. In Nantou County 14 ancient ruins made the list, and Tamalin was one of them.
一九九二年，內政部委託學者對全省考古遺址做調查，篩選出一○九個重要遺址，南投縣列名的遺址地共十四個，大馬璘是其中之一。