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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:
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 |
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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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