<< Our Photo Pages >> Iwahata - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Japan in Kyūshū
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Iwahata Alternative Name: 岩畑Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 3.674 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Miyama (Fukuoka pref.) Nearest Village: Takatamachi-Takei 高田
Latitude: 33.126040N Longitude: 130.498520E
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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In a greenhouse in the backyard of a house, there lies a stone which is supposed to be the cap stone of a dolmen.
There seems that unnatural huge stones which may be the ruins of dolmens lie in the agricultural fields around this area.
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