Kakegi Kofun
掛木古墳
Explore a large 6th-century circular tomb with a unique stone chamber and sarcophagus.
What it is
- A large circular tumulus built on a hill.
- Part of the Iki Kofun Group in Iki City.
- Constructed around the late 6th century.
- Designated a national historic site in 2009.
What to see
- A double-sleeved horizontal stone chamber.
- The stone chamber is 13.6 meters long with three rooms.
- Basalt megaliths form the stone chamber walls.
- A house-shaped sarcophagus made of tuff.
- Fragments of bronze mirrors and gold rings.
- Iron products found as grave goods.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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