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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sugu-Okamoto - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Japan in Kyūshū

Submitted by Aska on Saturday, 23 February 2008  Page Views: 4282

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Sugu-Okamoto Alternative Name: 須玖岡本遺跡
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.91 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Kasuga (Fukuoka pref.)  Nearest Village: Okamoto 岡本
Latitude: 33.538360N  Longitude: 130.450790E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
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Sugu-Okamoto submitted by Aska : Site in Kyushu Japan: (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Japan

A huge cap-stone found at Sugu-
Okamoto burial ruin was moved to the Nakoku-no-oka Rekishi-kōen (=historical park). This huge rock has been believed as the cap stone of a dolmen, recently considered to be a landmark on a burial mound. There is a museum nearby.
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