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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tsukamawari Kofun - Long Barrow in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Saturday, 18 October 2014  Page Views: 2033

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tsukamawari Kofun Alternative Name: 塚廻り古墳
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 5.176 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Ōta (Gumma pref.)  Nearest Village: Ryūmai-chō 龍舞
Latitude: 36.285420N  Longitude: 139.423810E
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.
3 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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Long Barrow in Honshū

A scallop (=short key-hole) shaped tumulus excavated under a paddy field in 1977. Now reconstructed with the replicas of the artifacts : tube, human and horse shaped haniwa's.
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