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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Himamori Jinja shrine Alternative Name: 日守神社Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 2.905 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Kasuya-machi (Fukuoka pref.) Nearest Village: Nakabaru 仲原
Latitude: 33.613370N Longitude: 130.452550E
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 |
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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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Beside the main building of a small shinto shrine in a residential area not far from Fukuoka airport, 2 flat stones are placed.
These are believed as the remains of dolmens which were removed from the original positions during the cultivations.
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