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Submitted by Aska on Friday, 25 January 2008 Page Views: 3238

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Goshogatani Alternative Name: 御所ヶ谷
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 12.183 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Yukuhashi (Fukuoka pref.) Nearest Village: Tsutsumi 津積
Latitude: 33.674890N Longitude: 130.930145E
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.

4 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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**Goshogatani-jō** submitted by Aska : The central gate and the drain gate. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Japan

Most spectacular "Kōgoishi" hillfort. Other 6 gates are almost broken but the central gate with the only drain gate is worth to visit. The lengh 2.8km, the dimention 31.7ha.
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