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Rock ArtSite Name: Sagi-no-kuchi Kofun Alternative Name: Saginikuchi Kofun サギノクチ古墳, Konohazuka Kofun 木の葉塚古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.458 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Shikoku Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Sakaide (Kagawa pref.) Nearest Village: Kamo-chō 加茂町
Latitude: 34.304660N Longitude: 133.923450E
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 |
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A round tumulus near a pond. On both sides of passage and chamber, carvings of leaf, ship and thatched roof are engraved. Its alternate name 'Konoha-zuka' means 'A mound with leaf [pattern]'.
Now the tumulus is guarded by an iron fence.
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