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Rock ArtSite Name: Jūōmae Yokoana Alternative Name: Juomae Yokoana 十王前横穴, Kanburi Ana かんぶり穴Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Hitachi (Ibaraki pref.) Nearest Village: Jūōchō-Ishi 十
Latitude: 36.663960N Longitude: 140.701550E
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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Rock Cut Tomb in Honshū
On the cliff behind the Hitachi Electric Wire factory, 29 rock cut tombs lie. Tombs nos.2, 11 and 14 have mural paintings. Some of them is triangle pattern, like Ōzuka Kofun in far Kyūshū and rather nearby Nakata Yokoana. But it is difficult to distinguish the tomb number.
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