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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kokeizan Kofungun Alternative Name: 虎渓山古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 29.25 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Tajimi (Gifu pref.) Nearest Village: Kokeizan-chō 虎渓
Latitude: 35.347480N Longitude: 137.126850E
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Chambered Cairn in Honshū
Group of tumulus and chambered cairn at the top and the foot of a mountain behind Eihō-ji (永保寺) temple for whose zen garden is famous.
No.1 mound (35.34331N,137.13089E) at the top is a round tumulus once a lookout tower was constructed on it, no.4 mound (35.34748N,137.12685E) at the foot is a rare example of chambered cairn (round shape) in Gifu prefecture.
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