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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Nishidani Funbogun Alternative Name: 西谷墳墓群
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 2.525 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Izumo (Shimane pref.)  Nearest Village: Ōtsu-chō 大津
Latitude: 35.359400N  Longitude: 132.779220E
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
4 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
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Nishidani Funbogun
Nishidani Funbogun submitted by Aska : Mound no.2 paved with pebbles and cement, an exhibition room inside (35.35940N,132.77922E) (Vote or comment on this photo)
In a wood near the heart of Izumo city which preserved as a historical park with a museum called "Izumo Yayoi-no Mori (出雲弥生の森)", along with rock cut tombs and round or square tumuli, a group of proto-tumulus burial mounds in stool-shape, which are characteristic ruins of West Honshū coastal area of the Japan Sea (= the East Sea in Korean text), lie in a line.
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Nishidani Funbogun submitted by Aska : Mound no.4 (35.35833N,132.77986E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nishidani Funbogun submitted by Aska : The corner tentacles of mounds 2 & 3. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nishidani Funbogun submitted by Aska : The view of mounds no.3 & 2 from the top of mound.no.4. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nishidani Funbogun
Nishidani Funbogun submitted by Aska : Mound no.3 (35.35915N,132.77969E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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