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Date UncertainSite Name: Kumano-no Shishigaki Alternative Name: 熊野の猪垣Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Owase (Mie pref.) Nearest Village: Kata-chō 賀田町
Latitude: 33.978100N Longitude: 136.194730E
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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Hillfort in Honshū
In Kumano region which occupies the southern part of Kii peninsula and is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage, there lie long stone-piled walls called "shishigaki (shishi=wild boar + gaki(kaki)=fence) extending over Mie and Wakayama prefectures, its length is estimated to be more than 70km although it often branches and discontinues.
Shishigaki distributes from central Japan to Ryūkyū islands, over-laps the distribution of wild boars who has too short legs to survive in snowy regions. The shishigaki in Kumano is too long, so some people suppose that it is not an agricultural fence but a military facility like Hadrian's Wall.
The old pilgrimage paths in Kumano are being maintained, but many parts of shishigaki are now hidden in the dense bush. At following 2 points, shishigaki runs close to the pilgrimage path and is easily observed :
Hago Tōge (羽後峠) mountain path and Daikan Shishigaki-michi (大観猪垣道) path between Ōbuki Tōge (大吹峠) mountain path and Kannon-michi (観音道) path.
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