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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Saitobaru Kofungun Alternative Name: 西都原古墳群Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 11.384 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Kyūshū Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Saito (Miyazaki pref.) Nearest Village: Miyake 三宅
Latitude: 32.111780N Longitude: 131.394700E
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 |
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Barrow Cemetery in Kyūshū
One of the greatest tumuli groups in Japan, more than 300 tumuli. Most of the tumuli are small round shape, 30 greater ones are prolonged-keyhole shapes like spoons. 1 square shaped, 1 scallop (shortened-keyhole) shaped tumuli, some rock-cut tombs and underground burial cellars which are peculiar to Miyazaki Prefecture have been found in this area.
Well-maintenanced as an archaeological park, on a vast plateau just 1 mile away from the city centre of Saito city, car parking spacea are well-provided. An admission-free archaeological museum near by : open 10:00-18:00 ; closed on mondays, the days after the national holidays and the days around the new years day.
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