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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ōmuro Kofungun (in Gunma) Alternative Name: 大室古墳群, Shō-Futagozuka Kofun (小双子塚古墳=small twin-mound tumulus)Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 10.381 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Maebashi (Gunma pref.) Nearest Village: NishiŌmuro-machi 西大
Latitude: 36.389600N Longitude: 139.193800E
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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The park also contains modern stone settings and a reconstructed wooden house in old Japanese style.
Ōmuro Kōen information in English. (archive link)
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23.2km NW 309° Kanai Higashiura* Ancient Village or Settlement
23.6km ESE 119° Tsukamawari Kofun* Long Barrow
23.6km NW 306° Kanai Kofun* Passage Grave
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29.7km SSE 153° Miyazuka Kofun* Passage Grave
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39.1km NNW 331° Yaze* Ancient Village or Settlement
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43.9km SSE 152° Yoshimi Hyakuana* Rock Cut Tomb
49.7km SSE 164° Ōrui Kofungun* Chambered Cairn
54.5km NE 41° Taiyū-in shrine* Modern Stone Circle etc
56.1km SSE 168° Shōden-in temple* Modern Stone Circle etc
57.1km W 262° Mozawa Minami-Ishidō* Stone Circle
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