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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sakamoto-Kitaura Alternative Name: 坂本北裏Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 7.137 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Annaka (Gunma pref.) Nearest Village: MatsuidamachiSakamoto 松井
Latitude: 36.352810N Longitude: 138.717510E
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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In Gunma Prefecture, especially the area around the Mt. Myōgisan, there were many stone circles which are believed to the ritual site of Myōgisan worship. Most of them are destroyed or buried back into the earth after the excavation during the construction of motorways and the bullet-express railway.
Sakamoto-Kitaura circle may be the sole survived one, but it was moved to the entrance of parking area of Tōge-no-yu (峠の湯) spa from the original site.
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