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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Yoro HisagoZuka Kofun Alternative Name: 乙瓢塚古墳 瓢塚古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 6.822 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Himeji (Hyōgo prefecture) Nearest Village: Katsuharaku 勝原区
Latitude: 34.817990N Longitude: 134.600010E
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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A keyhole-shaped tumulus (100m approx.). The edges of angled part slightly spread like a bell, some scholar suspect that this tumulus is designed in similar figure to Hashihaka Kofun (278m) and such peculiar figure indicates that these are the earliest ones.
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