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<< Our Photo Pages >> Shingō Kofungun - Chambered Cairn in Japan in Honshū

Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 07 September 2008  Page Views: 3323

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shingō Kofungun Alternative Name: 新郷古墳群 Shingo Kofungun
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 24.325 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Ōmachi (Nagano pref.)  Nearest Village: Taira 平
Latitude: 36.533470N  Longitude: 137.830810E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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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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Cairn in Honshū

In Ōmachi city, 9 cairns were found on the east edge of Mt. Oguma-yama (小熊山). Among them Shingō No.1 cairn next to a solitary house is easy to find.
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 2.5km WSW 237° Wappara* Stone Circle
 20.7km ESE 115° Kanorizuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 22.5km ESE 115° Oisawa Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 23.7km ESE 115° Azaka Nakamura Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 23.8km ESE 114° Azaka Shōgunzuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 24.2km E 86° Tsuruhagi Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 24.6km E 83° Ike-no-ue Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 27.4km E 90° Mori Shōgunzuka Kofun* Long Barrow
 27.6km SSE 167° Honmura-no-Jindaimoji-hi* Carving
 29.6km E 98° Nakayama Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 31.3km E 91° Sugiyama Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 31.3km ENE 66° Yoshimizu Kofun* Passage Grave
 33.0km ENE 66° Futagozuka Kofun (in Nagano)* Chambered Cairn
 33.8km ESE 116° Jingū-ji Kofun* Passage Grave
 34.6km E 83° NagareYama Kofungun (in Nagano prefecture)* Chambered Cairn
 35.2km E 84° Takehara Sasazuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 35.5km E 87° Kuwanei YoroiZuka Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 35.8km E 87° Kuwanei Kubo Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 35.8km E 84° Sugama Ōtsuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 35.8km E 87° Kuwanei SoraZuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 36.0km E 86° Makiuchi Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 36.4km E 80° Ōmuro Kofungun (in Nagano city)* Chambered Cairn
 36.7km SSE 155° Harizuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
 38.2km E 79° Nagahara Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
 38.8km ENE 76° Kitano Museum of Art* Modern Stone Circle etc
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