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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mozawa Minami-Ishidō Alternative Name: 茂沢南石堂 Mozawa Minami Ishido
Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Karuizawa-machi (Nagano pref.)  Nearest Village: Mozawa 茂沢
Latitude: 36.319680N  Longitude: 138.561750E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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
5

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Mozawa Minami-Ishidō
Mozawa Minami-Ishidō submitted by Aska : Site in Honshū Japan (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Honshū

Beyond the cottage village of Karuizawa, stone setting were excavated under an agricultural field. Although the shape of the setting is not clear, this site is regarded as stone circles. An clear stone cist can be recognized among the unclear stone setting.
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Mozawa Minami-Ishidō
Mozawa Minami-Ishidō submitted by Aska : The cist Site in Honshū Japan (Vote or comment on this photo)

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