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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shinfukada Alternative Name: 新深田Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 12.313 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Asagiri-chō (Kumamoto pref.) Nearest Village: Fukada-Nishi 深田西
Latitude: 32.262820N Longitude: 130.850770E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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Chambered Cairn in Kyūshū
An example of the northern advance (Kumamoto Prefecture) of the rock-tile roofed burial pits, which are common in the north from Kagoshima Prefecture. 9 mounds on a isolated hill in a sweet potato field were excavated by the students and teachers of a high school nearby.
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