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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sakura-machi - Timber Circle in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Friday, 14 October 2011  Page Views: 3969

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sakura-machi Alternative Name: 桜町遺跡 Sakuramachi
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 12.209 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Timber Circle
Nearest Town: Oyabe (Toyama pref.)  Nearest Village: Sakura-machi 桜町
Latitude: 36.687440N  Longitude: 136.872940E
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
2 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
5

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Sakura-machi submitted by Aska : (Vote or comment on this photo)
An ancient village with a timber circle.

The excavated site is now buried back into the earth, the reconstructed timber circle and a museum "Sakura-machi Jōmon Park (桜町JOMONパーク)" were built 100m south from the site.
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Sakura-machi submitted by Aska : The original site (36.668891N,136.86951E), now just a meadow beside the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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