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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Futagozuka Kofun (in Nagano) Alternative Name: 双子塚古墳Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 3.438 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Nagano (Nagano pref.) Nearest Village: Hirashiba 平柴
Latitude: 36.652200N Longitude: 138.169170E
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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These kind of hybrid mounds can be found in Hirashiba upland village overlooking the heart of Nagano city, this one has 2 chambers in 1 mound. "Futago-zuka" means 'twin-mound'.
Other hybrid mounds: Kyōzuka Kofun (きょう塚古墳) 36.64614N,138.17068E Mirokuji Kofun (弥勒寺古墳) 36.64925N,138.16740E Mumyōzuka Kofun (無名塚古墳) aka Ōzuka Kofun (王塚古墳) 36.65195N,138.16730E Daikokuyamazuka Kofun (大黒山塚古墳) 36.65210N,138.17125E Nishiike Kofun (西池古墳) on a slope in the wood, exact position unknown
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1.6km WSW 251° Yoshimizu Kofun* Passage Grave
8.4km ESE 117° Kitano Museum of Art* Modern Stone Circle etc
8.5km NE 47° Yoshi Kofungun* Passage Grave
9.0km SE 141° Ōmuro Kofungun (in Nagano city)* Chambered Cairn
9.7km SE 130° Nagahara Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
10.0km SSE 156° NagareYama Kofungun (in Nagano prefecture)* Chambered Cairn
10.9km SSE 154° Takehara Sasazuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
11.1km SSE 151° Sugama Ōtsuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
11.2km E 98° Tenjin Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
11.2km SE 131° Enmei-ji temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
11.4km E 99° Yonamochi Tenjin Kofun* Chambered Cairn
11.5km E 99° Nobe Tenjin Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
11.6km SSW 210° Ike-no-ue Kofun* Chambered Cairn
11.6km E 99° Jūsanzuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
11.9km E 101° Daimyōjin Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
12.4km SSE 153° Makiuchi Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
12.4km SSE 154° Kuwanei Kubo Kofun* Chambered Cairn
12.5km SSE 154° Kuwanei SoraZuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
12.6km SSE 155° Kuwanei YoroiZuka Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
12.9km ESE 102° Amazuka Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
13.0km SSW 208° Tsuruhagi Kofun* Chambered Cairn
13.5km ENE 74° Rokusendō Nishioki Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
13.7km SSW 192° Mori Shōgunzuka Kofun* Long Barrow
13.8km S 175° Sugiyama Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
13.9km E 85° GyōninZuka Kofun* Chambered Cairn
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