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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Iwaseoyama Kofungun Alternative Name: 石清尾山古墳群Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 0.718 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Shikoku Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Takamatsu (Kagawa pref.) Nearest Village: Mineyama-chō 峰山
Latitude: 34.331130N Longitude: 134.030210E
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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Around a quarter of them have been demolished but there are still some amazing sites. The mountains are named Iwaseo-yama (石清尾山) as a whole, individually called Mine-yama (峰山), Shiun-zan (紫雲山) and Jōganji-yama (浄願寺山). 10 of the cambered cairns on Iwaseo-yama mountain are registered as the National Historic Sites : Iwaseoyama Kofun no.9 (石清尾山９号墳) - Keyhole shaped : 34.33360N,134.02477E Nekozuka kofun (猫塚古墳) - Candy-wrap shaped : 34.32771N,134.02330E Himezuka Kofun (姫塚古墳) - Keyhole shaped : 34.32764N,134.02840E Kozuka Kofun (小塚古墳) - Keyhole shaped : 34.32948N,134.02913E Ishifunezuka Kofun (石船塚古墳) - keyhole shaped , 2 cists on the top : 34.33114N,34.03021E Yoroizuka Kofun (鎧塚古墳) - Candy-wrap shaped : 34.33218N,134.02988E Kitaōtuka Higashi Kofun (北大塚東古墳) - Square : 34.33352N,134.02876E Kitaōtsuka Kofun (北大塚古墳) - Keyhole shaped : 34.33358N,134.02841E Kitaōtsuka Nishi Kofun (北大塚西古墳) - Keyhole shaped : 34.33367N,134.02812E Tsuruo-Jinja Kofun No.4 (鶴尾神社4号墳) - Keyhole shaped : 34.32496N,134.03017E
Two more chambered cairns on Shiun-san mountain will be added as National Hostoric Sites near future. The official brochures including topographical map (in Japanese)
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