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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Akeai Kofun Alternative Name: 明合古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 8.125 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Tsu (Mie pref.) Nearest Village: Anōchō-Tabataueno 安
Latitude: 34.767450N Longitude: 136.439770E
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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Long Barrow in Honshū
Some Japanese archaeologists believe that this is the one and only 'cross(or barbecue)-shaped(=hammer-shape with another handle on the top)' tumulus. In fact this is the 8th greatest (60m x 60m) square tumulus with 2 short and low projections.
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