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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Isoraishi Alternative Name: 磯良石Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Ōkawa (Fukuoka pref.) Nearest Village: Sakemi 酒見
Latitude: 33.211620N Longitude: 130.385420E
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 |
0 | no data |
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A huge stone which is believed to be a cap stone of a dolmen is placed in the garden of a kindergarten adjoining to Ōkawa Kōen (大川公園) park.
The area around this stone was a shell heap called Sakemi Kaizuka (酒見貝塚).
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