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<< Our Photo Pages >> Maeyama Kofungun - Chambered Cairn in Japan in Shikoku

Submitted by Aska on Saturday, 23 December 2017  Page Views: 814

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Maeyama Kofungun Alternative Name: 前山古墳群
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 18.59 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Shikoku Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Ishii-chō (Tokushima prefecture)  Nearest Village: Ishii 石井
Latitude: 34.053750N  Longitude: 134.435420E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Maeyama Kofungun
Maeyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Japan The mound on the left side is the round part and the lower stone pile on the right side is the triangle part of the keyhole-sheped cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Japan

2 Keyhole-shaped chambered cairn on a mountain ridge. The excavated cairn no.2 can be recognized as a strange shaped cairn but unexcavated cairn no.1 (34.05363N,134.43565E?) is covered with soil and bamboo thicket.
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