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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shingō Kofungun Alternative Name: 新郷古墳群 Shingo KofungunCountry: 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:
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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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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