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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Arako (Kyūshū) Alternative Name: 荒子, 平良石 HiraraishiCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 15.529 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Yamaga (Kumamoto pref.) Nearest Village: Kamotomachi-Shō 鹿本
Latitude: 33.016040N Longitude: 130.769560E
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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A flat stone with cupules was dug out from a paddy filed, it seems to be a capstone of a dolmen.
Aslo called 'Hiraraishi(平良石)', hira=flat + ishi=stone, in Kyūshū such flat stones in the paddy field are generally called "hiraraishi" and most of them seems to be the capstones of the dolmens which have had huge urns (pottery cost) beneath the capstones
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