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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Iwakiyama Alternative Name: 石城山Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 9.47 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hikari (Yamaguchi pref.) Nearest Village: Shiota 塩田
Latitude: 33.986890N Longitude: 132.040310E
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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Hillfort in Japan
One of "Kōgoishi" hillfort. Although the stone wall was known well, Shinto shrines had been built inside, so the archaeologists misunderstood that the "Kōgoishi" stone wall was built as the boundary of the sacred area. Surrounded area is 2.5 km & 23.6 ha, 2 gate and 4 drain gates were found inside. A parking area and a camping field exists inside.
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