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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tsubone Kofungun Alternative Name: 壷根古墳群Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 4.41 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Aioi (Hyōgo pref.) Nearest Village: Tsubone 壷根, 坪
Latitude: 34.764120N Longitude: 134.463620E
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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Barrow Cemetery in Honshū
9 cists at the tip of a cape. Well-signposted and the sight is preserved as a historical park, but its condition is awful. One of them is considered to be a chambered cairn.
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