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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Kōrasan Alternative Name: 高良山 KorasanCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.88 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kurume (Fukuoka pref.) Nearest Village: Mii-machi 御井町
Latitude: 33.300690N Longitude: 130.559080E
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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One of "Kōgoishi" hillfort known from old days. Kōrasan-taisha (高良山大社) shinto shrine stands inside of this ruin, so Kōgoishi was believed as a boundary of a sacred area. The length 2.7, dimention 36.1 ha, 2 or 3 drain gates and stone walls. The fine stone wall can be observable from the roadway in front of Daigaku-inari Jinja (大学稲荷神社) shrine on the way to Kōrasan-taisha shinto.
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