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<< Our Photo Pages >> Yama-no-kami carving - Carving in Japan in Kyūshū

Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 07 June 2020  Page Views: 485

Rock ArtSite Name: Yama-no-kami carving Alternative Name: 山ノ神線刻画
Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Iki island (Nagasaki prefecture)  Nearest Village: Gōnoura-chō Shinden-fure ų
Latitude: 33.806880N  Longitude: 129.659190E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Rock Art in Kyūshū

In a bush on the edge of an agricultural field, some rocks are rolling. They seems to have been the fragments of a removed tumulus. It is rumoured that one of them has engravings of ships with oars, but vines on them prevent from recognizing them.
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