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Multi-periodSite Name: Chinen-jō Alternative Name: 知念城 Chinen-joCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 887.456 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Nanjō (Okinawa prefecture) Nearest Village: Chinen 知念
Latitude: 26.160440N Longitude: 127.812130E
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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An Okinawan hillfort in Kyūshū, Japan called “gusuku”. Built on a cliff near the southeastern cape of the Okinawa main island. This hillfort is supposed to be a hybrid of old enclosure of roughly piled stone wall and new one of regularly piled brick wall with gates.
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