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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Hatchōkaku Alternative Name: 八丁郭 Hatchokaku, 天道法師塔 Tentōhōshitō TentohoshitoCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 5.101 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Tsushima (Nagasaki pref.) Nearest Village: Izuharamachi-Azamo 厳原
Latitude: 34.129670N Longitude: 129.215840E
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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Pyramid / Mastaba in Kyūshū
7 storied pyramid in a dark wood near the southernmost point of Tsushima islands. This is supposed to be a sacred temple of sun worship, equivalent to Tenjin Takuzutama Jinja shrine in the north of Tsushima.
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