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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Komakino Alternative Name: 小牧野Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 9.859 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Aomori (Aomori pref.) Nearest Village: Nozawa 野沢
Latitude: 40.737590N Longitude: 140.727840E
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Enki visited on 1st Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A well-restored Jomon site with easy footpath access from the small visitor centre. The road up the hill to the site is another story however!
A slice has been left unexcavated to allow access to the centre of the circle, which is otherwise forbidden. There is a viewing platform to the west of the circle providing a good overview of the circle. The outer rim of the circle exhibits the best example of the characteristic Jomon layering construction that has become known as 'Komakino style' after this site.
Surrounding trees prevent observing of any astronomical alignments, although the circle does indicate an alignment to the summer solstice sunrise.
The ambience is overall very peaceful, especially in the trees on the east side where the cist burial mounds are located.
Note: Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan added to UNESCO World Heritage list, more in the comments on our page
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