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Date UncertainSite Name: Happōzan Alternative Name: 八方山 Happozan Happōyama HappoyamaCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 2.388 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: MinamiIse-chō (Mie pref.) Nearest Village: NakatsuHamaura 中津浜&
Latitude: 34.336900N Longitude: 136.692060E
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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Stone Circle in Honshū
On the summit of Happō-zan hill, there stands a stone concentric circle. It seems that the inner circle is a natural outcrops and the flat stones of the outer circles were added artificially later.
Once a road to this site was built, but now the sub-tropic trees grow beneath the road.
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