<< Our Photo Pages >> Matsuno-o - Standing Stones in Japan in Kyūshū
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Matsuno-o Alternative Name: 松之尾 MatsunooCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 14.168 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Makurazaki (Kagoshima pref.) Nearest Village: Shiomi-chō 汐見町
Latitude: 31.270360N Longitude: 130.289630E
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Kyūshū
The only one preserved example of the burial pits with menhirs (立石土坑墓), which is the characterristic burial monuments in the southern Kyūshū along with the rock-tile roofed mounds (地下式板石積石室墓) and the underground burial cellar (地下式横穴墓).
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