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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Okyōzuka Alternative Name: 御経塚遺跡 OkyozukaCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.768 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nonoichi-machi (Ishikawa pref.) Nearest Village: Okyōzuka 御経塚
Latitude: 36.549520N Longitude: 136.599430E
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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An ancient village now preserved as a historical park.
A museum attached. A score of ruins of timber circles were excaveted, but none of them were reconstructed. There are other ancient villages with timber circles around this area: Chikamori and Yonaizumi (米泉遺跡, 36.545N,136.624E, now buried back into the earth)
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