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Modern SitesSite Name: Karimata Tōmi Alternative Name: 狩俣遠見Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Miyako-jima (Okinawa pref.) Nearest Village: Hirara 平良
Latitude: 24.896050N Longitude: 125.278000E
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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. |
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
One of the watch-and-beacon towers of the Sakishima islands (先島諸島). This is not an artificial tower but an observation platform on a cliff, at the seaside edge of the platform a round stone with grooves indicating the directions remains.
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