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<< Our Photo Pages >> Suriusuyama Kofun - Passage Grave in Japan in Shikoku

Submitted by Aska on Friday, 23 March 2012  Page Views: 2549

Rock ArtSite Name: Suriusuyama Kofun Alternative Name: 磨臼山古墳
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 0.312 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Shikoku Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Zentsūji (Kagawa pref.)  Nearest Village: Bunkyō-chō 文京
Latitude: 34.227920N  Longitude: 133.783860E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
5 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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Suriusu-yama Kofun
Suriusu-yama Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Shikoku Japan (Vote or comment on this photo)
Carving in Shikoku

The stone coffin, dug from the keyhole shaped tumulus on a top of a hill called Suriusu-yama (34.21821N,133.79311E), which has luxurious swirl ornament of pillow is now placed in Zentsūji Shimin Kaikan (善通寺市民会館 = Zentsuji-city Municipal Hall). Coordinate data is for the hall.

Please compare with the pillow ornament of the stone coffin of Ishifune-zuka Kofun of Iwaseo-yama Kofun chambered cairn group.
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 2.2km SSE 162° Oka Kofungun* Passage Grave
 2.3km SSW 204° Kawaratani Kofungun* Passage Grave
 2.8km SSW 210° Miyagao Kofun* Passage Grave
 3.0km SSE 160° Ōsayama Kyōzuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 3.1km SSE 161° Ōsayama Wankashizuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 3.4km S 185° Notanoin Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 4.0km WSW 252° Ōkubo Kyōzuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 8.6km SW 226° Yaobikuni-tō* Ancient Temple
 10.7km ENE 72° Jinnomaru Kofungun* Long Barrow
 11.1km NNE 23° Shōtsūjiyama Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 11.5km ENE 71° Yokoyama Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 12.1km NE 46° Hakarigōro Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 12.2km NE 46° Jiigamatsu Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 12.4km NE 52° Kiyama* Hillfort
 13.5km NE 50° Daigo Kofungun* Passage Grave
 15.2km NE 56° Yama-no-kami Kofungun* Passage Grave
 15.4km ENE 56° Sagi-no-kuchi Kofun* Passage Grave
 15.5km NE 55° Ayaorizuka Kofun* Passage Grave
 15.9km SW 231° Kōshōjiyama Kofungun* Passage Grave
 16.1km NE 39° Men-yama Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 18.0km NE 41° Suberiyama Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 21.5km NE 49° Yokotateyama Kyōzuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 21.8km NE 50° Yokotateyama Tōroku Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 23.5km SSE 151° Ashiro Higashihara Iseki* Chambered Cairn
 25.4km ENE 63° Iwaseoyama Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
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