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Tsukaanayama Kofun

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塚穴山古墳

Explore a large 7th-century circular burial mound with a stone chamber and moat.

Tsukaanayama Kofun
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What it is

  • A large circular kofun (burial mound).
  • Part of the Somanouchi Kofun Group.
  • Estimated to have been built in the 7th century.
  • Reused as a cemetery in the medieval period.

What to see

  • A large circular mound over 60 meters in diameter.
  • A surrounding moat and outer embankment.
  • A large stone burial chamber, 17.12 meters long.
  • Iron sword fragments were unearthed here.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

Tsukaanayama Kofun Open in Google Maps

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