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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ōmori Katsuyama Alternative Name: 大森勝山 Omori KatsuyamaCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 7.088 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Horosaki (Aomori prefecture) Nearest Village: Ōmori 大森
Latitude: 40.698930N Longitude: 140.358320E
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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A great (approx 45m diameter) stone circle excavated during 1959-61 and again in 2006-08. Then the site was buried back into the earth. In 2021 it was registered as an entry of the Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan UNESCO World Heritage Site. Now replica stones have been placed on the site like Tabata stone circle but the replica stones are ugly and far from reality. They look quite different from other Jōmon stone circles.
Ref: Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan UNESCO World Heritage Site .
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