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<< Our Photo Pages >> Keikaen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Japan in Kyūshū

Submitted by Aska on Wednesday, 07 January 2009  Page Views: 3103

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Keikaen Alternative Name: 景華園
Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Shimabara (Nagasaki pref.)  Nearest Village: Nakano-machi 中野町
Latitude: 32.826110N  Longitude: 130.351070E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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
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Keikaen submitted by Aska : Site in Kyushu Japan: (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Kyūshū

Keikaen was a villa for the lord of Shimabara clan. During the construction, some bronze shards were found under the huge stones. These stones might not be dolmens but a marking stone on a burial mound like at the Sugu-Okanmoto site.
2 of the stones were moved into the garden of the Shimabara Castle and only 1 remains in situ.
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Keikaen
Keikaen submitted by Aska : Site in Kyushu: 2 stones in the Shimabara Castle garden (32.78976N,130.36745E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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