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Modern SitesSite Name: Ban’ya-Tōmidai (in Aguni-jima island) Alternative Name: 粟国島番屋遠見台 Aguni Banya-tomidai 粟国Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 24.227 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: 26.57939 Nearest Village: 127.21605
Latitude: 26.579390N Longitude: 127.216050E
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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An earthen mound (watch-and-beacon point) on the highest point (96m alt.) in Aguni-jima island. The urgent information on the arrival of strange ship was sent by smoke or torch from here to the capital Naha via relay watch-and-beacon points on the Kerama archpelago.
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