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Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 08 February 2015  Page Views: 1385

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ōyama Kofun Alternative Name: 王山古墳 Oyama Kofun
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 2.06 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Maebashi (Gumma pref.)  Nearest Village: Ōwatari-machi 大渡Ĭ
Latitude: 36.394900N  Longitude: 139.052960E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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
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Ōyama Kofun
Ōyama Kofun submitted by Aska : The view of the round mound from the rectangular part. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Honshū

A keyhole shaped tumulus of 75m long. A combination of a round cairn and a square mound like Notanoin Kofun. The area around this tumulus is modified into a play park.
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Mukōyama Kofungun (in Tottori)
Mukōyama Kofungun (in Tottori) submitted by Kidono : 伯耆古代の丘公園0003 Site in Honshū Japan Image copyright: Kidono, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mukōyama Kofungun (in Tottori)
Mukōyama Kofungun (in Tottori) submitted by Aska : Site in Honshū Japan The naked chamber o f the tumulus no.5 "Chōja-ga-Naru Kofun" (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gorōyama Kofun
Gorōyama Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Kyushu: The replica paintings. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iwatoyama Kofun
Iwatoyama Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Kyushu: The replicas and the round part of the tumulus. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iwatoyama Kofun
Iwatoyama Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Kyushu Japan: The replicas in the open air. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nagai MaenoYama Kofun
Nagai MaenoYama Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Honshū Japan A keyhole-shaped Kofun mound, the top of the round part is backlighted greenish on the left and the edge slope of the triangle part can be seen on the right barely

Hokenoyama Kofun
Hokenoyama Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Honshū Japan

Hokenoyama Kofun
Hokenoyama Kofun submitted by Aska

genoYama Kofun
genoYama Kofun submitted by Aska

genoYama Kofun
genoYama Kofun submitted by Aska

Uenoyama Kofun (Yamanashi)
Uenoyama Kofun (Yamanashi) submitted by Aska

Jōyama Kofungun
Jōyama Kofungun submitted by Aska

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan The chambered cairns on Iwaseo-yama Massif (numerous earthen tumuli excluded) 1 :Inariyana Hokutan Kofun 2 :Inariyama Kofun no.1 3 :Inariyama Kofun no.4 4 :Inariyama Himezuka Kofun 5 :Inariyama Kofun no.2 6 :Inariyama Kofun no.3 7 :Kitaōtsuka Hoppō Kofun no.1 8 :Kitaōtsuka Hoppō Kofun no.2 9 :Kitaōtsuka Nishi Kofun 10:Kitaōtsuka Kofun 11:Kita...

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Noyama Kofun (野山古墳) no.3, round cairn on the slope of subsidiary hill Noyama (34.32635N,134.01938E)

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Iwaseoyama Kofun no.15, round cairn (34.33799N,134.02660E)

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Iwaseoyama Kofun no.23, round cairn at the bottom of Suribachi-dani (摺鉢谷 mortar-shaped valley)(34.33475N,134.02643E)

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Kitaōtsuka Hoppō Kofun (北大塚古墳) no.1, round cairn (34.33528N,134.03015E)

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Inariyama Kofun (稲荷山古墳) no.3, round cairn (34.33007N,134.03374E)

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Inariyama Kofun (稲荷山古墳) no.2, round cairn (34.32947N,134.03473E)

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Inariyama Kofun (稲荷山古墳) no.1, keyhole shaped (34.32741N,134.032741))

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Inariyama Kofun (稲荷山古墳) no.4, round cairn (34.32787N,134.03740E)

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan Inariyama Hokutan Kofun (稲荷山北端古墳), candy-wrap shaped (34.33164N,134.03951E)

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Keyhole-shaped Ishifunezuka Kofun

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Horribly rummaged Nekozuka Kofun

Iwaseoyama Kofungun
Iwaseoyama Kofungun submitted by Aska : Tsuruo Jinja Kofun no.4, half-demolished on the edge of the mountain ridge scraped by a quarry.

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 5.1km NNW 331° Mitsuya Kofun* Passage Grave
 6.2km WSW 256° Hodota Hachimanzuka Kofun* Long Barrow
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 14.4km S 185° Isezuka Kofun* Passage Grave
 14.9km NNW 334° Kanai Kofun* Passage Grave
 14.9km NNW 338° Kanai Higashiura* Ancient Village or Settlement
 17.3km E 79° Takei Haiji* Not Known (by us)
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 31.7km E 93° Itakura Jinja shrine* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 34.2km N 349° Yaze* Ancient Village or Settlement
 35.4km ESE 110° Tsukamawari Kofun* Long Barrow
 37.7km SE 136° Miyazuka Kofun* Passage Grave
 44.8km W 259° Mozawa Minami-Ishidō* Stone Circle
 47.9km SE 126° Hachiman-yama Kofun* Passage Grave
 48.3km SE 128° Sakitama Kofungun* Passage Grave
 51.5km SE 140° Yoshimi Hyakuana* Rock Cut Tomb
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