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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hizuka Kofun Alternative Name: 火塚古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 10.453 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Sakahogi (Gifu pref.) Nearest Village: Sakakura 酒倉
Latitude: 35.432330N Longitude: 136.992100E
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 |
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Passage Grave in Honshū
A push-button shaped (hemisphere on a cuboid) tumulus lies in an industry-residential complex area. The name 'hi-zuka (=fire mound)' was delivered from the local legend that the mound was used as a shelter when rain of fire fell from the sky.
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