A terminal-period mound preserved in a residential area of Nakayama-Soen, Takarazuka. Stone rows intended to form an octagon and a southern forecourt have been identified, making it an important National Historic Site for Asuka-period burial studies.
Finds & research
Horizontal stone chamber (Takarazuka City gives the main room as about 3.4m deep and the passage as about 1.2m long; the national designation text gives 3.5m and 1.2m) and basal stone rows. The only finds are Sue and Haji ware fragments and one iron nail (national designation text).
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
National Historic Site (1999).
Archaeological view
The mound is about 13m across and 2.6m high. It looks round in profile, but its basal stone rows were laid out to form an octagon; a square forecourt on the south makes it unlike a simple regular octagon. The city’s designation summary and the Agency date it to the mid-7th century, while the city’s detailed account proposes around the second quarter of that century. The passage of its horizontal stone chamber projects unusually into the main room. The Agency records Sue and Haji pottery fragments and one iron nail, and regards the occupant as unknown.
Field notes
Located at Nakayama-Soen 12 in Takarazuka. Takarazuka City shows the route from Hankyu Mefu-jinja Station and notes that there is no parking near the tomb.