<< Our Photo Pages >> Kanayama Kofun - Passage Grave in Japan in Honshū
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kanayama Kofun Alternative Name: 金山古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 4.6 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Kanan-chō (Ōsaka pref.) Nearest Village: Seryūdani 芹生谷
Latitude: 34.469340N Longitude: 135.630370E
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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A very rare example of a gourd (double round) shaped tumuli. This tumulus may be a combination of 2 neighbouring independent round tumuli.
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4.8km NNE 15° Koshimaezuka Kofun* Passage Grave
5.0km NNE 21° Yamada Takatsuka Kofun* Passage Grave
5.0km NNE 23° Futagozuka Kofun (in Ōsaka)* Passage Grave
6.8km NE 34° Rokutan-ji temple* Ancient Temple
7.0km NE 36° Iwaya temple* Ancient Temple
8.5km N 357° Hayato-ishi (in Ōsaka)* Carving
9.9km ESE 107° Muro Miyayama Kofun* Long Barrow
10.3km WSW 245° Amanōsan Kongō-ji temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
10.3km WSW 244° Mani-in temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
10.4km N 359° Anpuku-ji Sekkan* Cist
10.5km N 359° Anpuku-ji Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
10.5km NNW 340° Yachū-ji temple* Sculptured Stone
11.2km N 7° ChausuZuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
11.3km N 7° Matsuokayama Kofun* Holed Stone
11.5km N 4° Takaida Yokoana* Rock Cut Tomb
12.6km E 92° Amatsu-Iwatowake Jinja shrine* Stone Circle
13.1km WNW 302° Dotō* Pyramid / Mastaba
13.2km NE 47° Mitsuyoshi-Ishizuka Kofun* Long Barrow
14.0km NE 44° Nagareyama Kofun* Long Barrow
14.4km E 96° Tsukamyōjin kofun* Passage Grave
14.5km E 89° Masuda-no-Iwafune* Not Known (by us)
14.6km E 92° Mayumi Kansuzuka Kofun* Passage Grave
14.7km E 94° Marukoyama Kofun* Passage Grave
14.9km E 91° KengoshiZuka Kofun* Passage Grave
15.2km SSE 154° Kongō-ji temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
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