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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Myōjin Shimo-oka Alternative Name: 明神下岡 Myojin ShimookaCountry: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Nagashima-chō (Kagoshima pref.) Nearest Village: Kuranomoto 蔵之元
Latitude: 32.178530N Longitude: 130.098750E
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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Nagashima (長島) at the north of Kagoshima Prefecture is a huge and quiet island. It has so many burial mound, it might have been confortable place for the Hayato's who were in charge of the coast guard of the southernmost area of Japan.
Myojin Shimo-oka, consisting of 30 dolmens and rock-tile roofed cists close to the sea might have be an evolutionary place where the Korean-imported dolmens matamorphoses into Kagoshima's characteristic rock-tile (instead of cap stone) roofed mounds.
A group of chambered cairns, Myōjin Kofungun (明神古墳群) are near by.
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85m SSE 151° Myōjin Kofun* Chambered Cairn
459m SSE 160° Obanzaki Kofun* Chambered Cairn
579m ESE 121° Shirogane Kofun* Chambered Cairn
2.3km NNE 30° Nukunoura Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
3.3km SSE 151° Sasue Kofun* Chambered Cairn
8.5km SE 124° Komukae* Chambered Cairn
9.0km SE 126° Kasedō Kofun* Chambered Cairn
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41.7km SSE 156° Yoko-oka* Chambered Cairn
49.0km ESE 111° Uzun Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
51.3km ESE 123° Byūbaru* Chambered Cairn
52.8km SE 140° Sannōdake* Stone Circle
56.6km N 10° Harayama* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
56.7km NNE 20° Enokida Sekijin* Sculptured Stone
57.2km NNE 21° Nishi-Onzuka* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
57.2km NNE 20° Kumano Sekijin* Sculptured Stone
58.2km NNE 20° Yadonashi Jizō* Sculptured Stone
58.2km NNE 19° Nagata Sekijin* Sculptured Stone
58.8km NNE 19° Kirishitan Shiseki Kōen* Sculptured Stone
58.8km NNE 19° Myōkō Kofun Sekijin* Sculptured Stone
60.1km NNE 18° Miminashi Jizō* Sculptured Stone
60.6km NNE 21° Kiba Resseki-Suimon* Hillfort
61.7km NNE 17° Saruishi (in ex-Arie town)* Sculptured Stone
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