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<< Our Photo Pages >> Iwakiyama - Hillfort in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Wednesday, 23 January 2008  Page Views: 4475

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Iwakiyama Alternative Name: 石城山
Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hikari (Yamaguchi pref.)  Nearest Village: Shiota 塩田
Latitude: 33.986890N  Longitude: 132.040310E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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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Iwakiyama
Iwakiyama submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: The north drain gate (33.98958N,132.03658) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Japan

One of "Kōgoishi" hillfort. Although the stone wall was known well, Shinto shrines had been built inside, so the archaeologists misunderstood that the "Kōgoishi" stone wall was built as the boundary of the sacred area. Surrounded area is 2.5 km & 23.6 ha, 2 gate and 4 drain gates were found inside. A parking area and a camping field exists inside.
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Iwakiyama
Iwakiyama submitted by Aska : The east drain gate(33.98639N, 132.04031E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iwakiyama
Iwakiyama submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: The west drain gate (33.98936N,132.03491E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iwakiyama
Iwakiyama submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: The stone wall (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iwakiyama
Iwakiyama submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: The 1st gate (33.98842N, 132.03818E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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