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Rock ArtSite Name: Kōshōjiyama Kofungun Alternative Name: 興昌寺山古墳群 Koshojiyama KofungunCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 0.787 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Shikoku Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Kannonji (Kagawa pref.) Nearest Village: Yahata-chō 八幡町
Latitude: 34.137960N Longitude: 133.649480E
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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Tumulus no.1 (round shaped) lies on the top of the mountain behind Kōshō-ji (興昌寺) temple, on the route of miniature Shikoku Pilgrimage hiking trail. It has faint carvings of leaves and ships on the left walls of passage and chamber.
A huge sand sculpture of coin (銭形砂絵) in a diameter of 100m, built in 1633, lies on the sea shore nearby.
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13.4km NE 55° Miyagao Kofun* Passage Grave
13.7km ENE 61° Notanoin Kofun* Chambered Cairn
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15.2km ENE 62° Ōsayama Kyōzuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
15.3km ENE 59° Oka Kofungun* Passage Grave
15.8km SSW 202° Uma Mukaiyama Kofun* Long Barrow
15.9km NE 51° Suriusuyama Kofun* Passage Grave
25.3km SE 130° Myōken Jinja shrine (in Nozumi, Miyoshi city)* Stone Row / Alignment
25.9km ESE 114° Ashiro Higashihara Iseki* Chambered Cairn
26.2km ENE 59° Jinnomaru Kofungun* Long Barrow
26.2km NE 40° Shōtsūjiyama Kofun* Chambered Cairn
27.0km ENE 59° Yokoyama Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
27.9km NE 49° Hakarigōro Kofun* Chambered Cairn
28.1km NE 49° Jiigamatsu Kofun* Chambered Cairn
28.3km NE 52° Kiyama* Hillfort
29.3km ESE 116° Tanda Kofun* Chambered Cairn
29.4km NE 51° Daigo Kofungun* Passage Grave
29.7km ESE 116° Namiuchi* Standing Stones
29.8km ESE 112° Yahata Jinja shrine (in HigashiMiyoshi-chō, Tokushima pref.)* Stone Row / Alignment
31.1km NE 53° Yama-no-kami Kofungun* Passage Grave
31.3km NE 54° Sagi-no-kuchi Kofun* Passage Grave
31.4km NE 53° Ayaorizuka Kofun* Passage Grave
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