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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Myōken Jinja shrine (in Nozumi, Miyoshi city) Alternative Name: 妙見神社 (三好市野住) Myoken JinjaCountry: Japan Region: Shikoku Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Miyoshi (Tokushima pref.) Nearest Village: IuchiNishi 井内西
Latitude: 33.991590N Longitude: 133.859990E
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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Stone Row / Alignment in Shikoku
Behind a small Myōken (=star worship) shrine in a deep mountain hamlet Nozumi (野住), 3 flat stones are put against a slope.
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