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Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 26 December 2010  Page Views: 2837

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Himekata Alternative Name: 姫方
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 8.435 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Kyūshū Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Miyaki-chō (Saga pref.)  Nearest Village: Minobaru 蓑原
Latitude: 33.352410N  Longitude: 130.445240E
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.
2 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.
5 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
5

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Himekata submitted by Aska : Site in Kyushu Japan The 0-shaped band of gravel on the top of themound is now totally coverd with lawn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A burial-monuments complex in a residential area, consists of a square proto-tumulus, round tumuli (only 1 tumulus survives) and a unique burial mound with a ring of gravel.
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