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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ishi-no-Karato Kofun - Passage Grave in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Wednesday, 24 March 2010  Page Views: 3933

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ishi-no-Karato Kofun Alternative Name: 石のカラト古墳 IshinoKarato Kofun
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 4.788 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Nara (Nara pref.)  Nearest Village: Jingū 神功
Latitude: 34.723720N  Longitude: 135.778590E
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.
5 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
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 3.0km SSE 161° Saki Misasagiyama Kofun* Long Barrow
 4.3km SSE 150° Heijō-kyō Palace garden ruin (eastern garden)* Modern Stone Circle etc
 5.0km SSE 154° Heijō-kyō Palace garden ruin (southern garden)* Modern Stone Circle etc
 5.1km ESE 120° Hayato-ishi (in Nara)* Carving
 6.1km S 175° Bussoku-seki of Yakushi-ji temple* Carving
 7.5km SE 133° Zutō* Pyramid / Mastaba
 9.1km SSW 204° Yata-dera temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
 11.0km N 350° Ikkyū-ji temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
 11.4km WNW 286° Ishi-no-Hōden Kofun* Passage Grave
 12.0km SE 137° Shōryaku-ji temple (in Nara)* Modern Stone Circle etc
 14.4km NW 304° Iraku Park* Modern Stone Circle etc
 15.1km SSE 159° Tenri replica Moai* Modern Stone Circle etc
 15.2km WSW 246° Hanazono Rugby Stadium* Modern Stone Circle etc
 15.4km ENE 77° Magai-butsu of Kasagi-dera temple* Carving
 15.7km SSE 158° Nishiyama Kofun (in Nara)* Long Barrow
 15.8km SW 233° Shionjiyama Kofun* Long Barrow
 15.9km SE 130° Tō-no-Mori* Ancient Temple
 16.1km SW 225° Takayasu-no-Ki* Hillfort
 16.6km W 260° Kōnoike Shinden hall* Modern Stone Circle etc
 17.3km S 174° Karako Kagi* Ancient Village or Settlement
 18.6km SSW 192° Nagareyama Kofun* Long Barrow
 18.6km NNW 337° Iwashimizu Hachimangū shrine* Modern Stone Circle etc
 18.8km N 10° Kōshō-ji temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
 19.7km SSW 192° Mitsuyoshi-Ishizuka Kofun* Long Barrow
 19.7km SSE 160° Kushiyama Kofun* Long Barrow
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