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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Harizuka Kofun Alternative Name: 針塚古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 9.053 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Matsumoto (Nagano pref.) Nearest Village: Satoyamabe 里山辺
Latitude: 36.233150N Longitude: 138.001240E
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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Cairn in Honshū
Maybe the only one surviving cairn in Matsumoto city. Though the other cairns were destroyed during the development of the city, this cairn was reconstructed as it had been, however the handrails toward the top are an eyesore.
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