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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Gushikawa Gusuku (on Kume-jima island) Alternative Name: 具志川城Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 170.321 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kumejima island (Okinawa pref.) Nearest Village: Nakandakari 仲村渠
Latitude: 26.383020N Longitude: 126.750950E
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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The most fine Gusuku hillfort ruin on the Kume-jima island on the shore.
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