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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Iwakura Kofungun Alternative Name: 岩倉古墳群Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Minami-Izu-chō (Shizuoka pref.) Nearest Village: Koura 子浦
Latitude: 34.683910N Longitude: 138.791310E
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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Chambered Cairn in Honshū
The only example of a chambered cairn on the Izu peninsula, which was supposedly an island on the Philippine Sea Plate which drifted and crashed into Honshū main island due to the gradual slide of the tectonic plate. In 1958 local high school students excavated the site, since then almost no formal excavation nor investigations have been done.
The cairn is divided into two groups which lie in the two valleys, separated by a gentle hill on the south of the artists commune in the wood. There seems to exist another group on the hill (270m alt) next to the eastern cairn group but the exact position is unknown.
Minami-Izu is close to Shimoda (下田) port that the US commodore M.C. Perry (1794-1858) succeeded to open up in 1854 while Japan has isolated since the 17th century.
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