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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Yama-no-Ue Kofun Alternative Name: 山上古墳 Yamanoue KofunCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 5.056 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Takasaki (Gunma pref.) Nearest Village: Yamana-machi 山名町
Latitude: 36.277130N Longitude: 139.027850E
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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Round Barrow(s) in
A rare example of a round tumulus with an epitaph stone. The epitaph stone is now placed in a shelter built beside the tumulus.
The place name "Yamana-machi" means ''inscription-on-the-hill town'. Nowadays, the epitaph stone is believed as an addition of later period.
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