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Multi-periodSite Name: Mekaru necropolis Alternative Name: 銘苅墓跡群 Mekaru haka-ato-gun 伊是名殿内Country: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Naha (Okinawa prefecture) Nearest Village: Mekaru 銘苅
Latitude: 26.230680N Longitude: 127.697030E
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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Chambered Tomb in Kyūshū
In the jangle along a river preserved in the heart of Naha city, there lie 330 and more of graves. Much of them are rock cut tombs or natural cave burials with artificial sealing lids, and greatest turtleback tomb of Izena family (伊是名殿内の墓), governor of Izena and Iheya islands, is also included.
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1.6km E 91° Tomb of Ginowan branch royal family* Chambered Tomb
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2.2km SE 128° Tama Udun* Chambered Tomb
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2.9km E 100° Tomb of Ie branch royal family* Chambered Tomb
3.4km ENE 76° Tomb of Tamagusuku Chōkun* Chambered Tomb
3.5km E 100° Tomb of Yuntanza branch royal family* Chambered Tomb
3.9km NE 46° Iso-no-Takauhaka* Rock Cut Tomb
3.9km ENE 61° Urasoe-jō* Hillfort
4.1km SW 215° Yamashita-chō cave* Cave or Rock Shelter
4.1km ESE 110° Hitatimō* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
4.7km ESE 122° Tomb of Mabuni branch royal family* Chambered Tomb
5.3km NE 51° Oroku-baka* Rock Cut Tomb
6.6km SW 218° Gushi Hitati* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
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11.0km SE 143° Itokazu-jō* Hillfort
11.1km SSE 153° Sakitari-dō cave* Cave or Rock Shelter
11.1km ENE 68° YagiBishi-no Ibi* Standing Stones
11.7km NE 51° Tomb of Nakagusuku Wakamatsu* Rock Cut Tomb
11.9km SE 130° Sashiki Yōdore* Chambered Tomb
12.0km ENE 60° Nakagusuku-jō* Hillfort
12.0km ESE 123° Futchā-ishi* Standing Stone (Menhir)
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