<< Our Photo Pages >> Mizuta - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Japan in Kyūshū
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Mizuta Alternative Name: 水田, Hirareishi 平霊石Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Chikugo (Fukuoka pref.) Nearest Village: Mizuta 水田
Latitude: 33.191640N Longitude: 130.488040E
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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By a canal in rice fields near a junior high school, there lies a flat stone which is supposed to be the cap stone of a dolmen.
The neighbours believe that the rainwater in its cavities has an effect to remove warts so they worship it.
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