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Multi-periodSite Name: Oroku-baka Alternative Name: 小禄墓Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.539 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Ginowan (Okinawa prefecture) Nearest Village: Kakazu 嘉数
Latitude: 26.260270N Longitude: 127.738080E
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 |
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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 |
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A rock cut tomb on a riverside built in 1494. “Oroku” is a name of place, the ruler of the place is supposed to have buried.
The entrance of the path (500m) to the site start at the south bank of the Route 241 bridge over Hiyara-gawa (比屋良川) river and deep inside the neighbouring Hiyara-gawa Park (比屋良川公園).
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