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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Tomb of UniUfugushiku Alternative Name: 鬼大城の墓 Uniufugusuku-no-hakaCountry: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Okinawa (Okinawa prefecture) Nearest Village: Chibana 知花
Latitude: 26.362670N Longitude: 127.811070E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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A rock cut tomb on the slope of Chibana Gusuku hillfort. A brave soldier in 15th C, Ken’yū UNIUFUSUSHIKU (aka Ken’yū GOEKU), is rumoured to be buried here. Uni-UFUGUSHIKU is his nickname, ‘Uni ( < oni)’ means ‘ogre’.
From the entrance of Chibana Gusuku, the path to the site is a quiet roundabout.
The short cut path starts at 26.36244N,127.81118E point.
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