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<< Our Photo Pages >> Heso (Navel) Stone - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Japan in Kyūshū

Submitted by Aska on Monday, 08 June 2020  Page Views: 450

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Heso (Navel) Stone Alternative Name: へそ石
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.712 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Iki island (Nagasaki prefecture)  Nearest Village: Ashibe-chō KokubuHonmura-fure Ŏ
Latitude: 33.798700N  Longitude: 129.717820E
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
4 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.
5 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
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2 flat stones lie roadside. “Heso” means ‘navel’, it implies these stone symbolize the centre of Iki island. They might be the capstones of the dolmens which are never discovered on Iki island yet.
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