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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Yashimajō Alternative Name: 屋島城, Yashimanoki, YashimajoCountry: Japan Region: Shikoku Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Takamatsu (Kagawa pref.) Nearest Village: Yashima-Nishimachi 屋島
Latitude: 34.354210N Longitude: 134.105090E
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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One of the Emperor Tenji's forts, built in 663 on the Yashima mesa peninsula in Japan.
The length and width of this fort are unclear, though some excavations have made on the top of the mesa recently, the tiny stone wall upward Urō (浦生)hamlet was the only significant remain of this ruin.
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