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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Musashi-Fuchū Kumano-Jinja Kofun Alternative Name: 武蔵府中熊野神社古墳 Musashi Fuchu Kumano Jinja KofunCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 8.376 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Fuchū (Tōkyō pref.) Nearest Village: Nishifu-chō 西府町
Latitude: 35.675070N Longitude: 139.457140E
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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Passage Grave in Honshū. Recently (2003) excavated 'push button (=a dome on a 2-layered square fundation)' shaped tumulus paved with pebbles behind Kumano Jinja (熊野神社) shinto shrine in a populated area. A museum attached.
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