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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Sōroku Kofun Alternative Name: 双六古墳 Soroku Kofun
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.165 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Kyūshū Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Iki (Nagasaki prefecture)  Nearest Village: Katsumoto-chō Tateishi Higashi-fure 勝本町立
Latitude: 33.798690N  Longitude: 129.703700E
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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The greatest (91m) keyhole-shaped tumulus on Iki island (and also in Nagasaki prefecture). On the right side of the chamber, a sailing ship is engraved.
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