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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ishigamiyama Kofun Alternative Name: 石神山古墳, Sekijinsan Kofun
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 7.009 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Miyama (Fukuoka pref.) Nearest Village: Takatamachi-Kamikusuda 高田
Latitude: 33.093930N Longitude: 130.479390E
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

2 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

4 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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Sculptured Stone in Kyūshū

An armed statue-menhir and stone coffins have been placed in the sheds on a hill (Ishigami-yama Kofun tumulus) behind a shinto shrine.
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