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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Matsuokayama Kofun Alternative Name: 松岳山古墳Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Holed Stone
Nearest Town: Kashiwara (Ōsaka pref.) Nearest Village: KokubuIchiba 国分市
Latitude: 34.569820N Longitude: 135.645650E
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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Holed Stone in Honshū
This is a keyhole-shaped tumulus 130m long behind Kokubu Jinja (国分神社) shrine. On the top of the round part, flat stones are piled like a cairn and a stone coffin is placed between a pair of inclined flat rocks with holes. A hypothesis considers they are a symbol of a funeral ship of the buried person.
To climb the tumulus, registration at the shrine office required.
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6.5km S 182° Koshimaezuka Kofun* Passage Grave
6.6km S 175° Futagozuka Kofun (in Ōsaka)* Passage Grave
7.7km N 356° Shionjiyama Kofun* Long Barrow
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