<< Our Photo Pages >> Nagata - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Japan in Kyūshū
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Nagata Alternative Name: 永田支石墓Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 4.905 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Kōshi (Kumamoto pref.) Nearest Village: Nonojima 野々島
Latitude: 32.908240N Longitude: 130.740590E
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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Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Kyūshū
A huge flat stone which is believed to be the capstone of a dolmen is rolling by the roadside in a bamboo bush. Well sign-posted.
2 more supposed-to-be dolmens seem to exist in Nonojima area.
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