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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Saki Misasagiyama Kofun Alternative Name: 佐紀陵山古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.333 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Nara (Nara pref.) Nearest Village: Misasagi-chō 山陵
Latitude: 34.698390N Longitude: 135.789220E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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A keyhole shaped tumulus 207m long which belongs to Saki Tatenami Kofungun (佐紀盾列古墳群). Like other tumuli in this tumuli group (=Kofungun), this tumulus is also regarded as a burial mound of imperial family, Empress Hibasu without any significant evidence but is under the control of the Imperial Household Agency and the entry is strictly prohibited. It has so many name variations: Hibasuhime-no-Mikoto-ryō(日葉酢媛命陵), Saki-no Terama-no Misasagi (狭木寺間之陵). The place name "Misasagi-chō" means "Town of Imperial Tombs". The tomb of Empress Hibasu is believed as the 1st tomb which adopted Haniwa potteries instead of living sacrifices.
There is a rumour that there are standing stones like Matsuokayama Kofun on the top of this tumulus. In 2009 some archaeologists were allowed to investigate the tumulus but the stones were not reported after the only 2 hour investigation of the lower part of the tumulus.
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