A terminal-period round-on-square mound on the hills north of the Heijo capital, which the Agency for Cultural Affairs regards as highly important as a tomb of a noble of the time. It straddles the prefectural border, and the restored mound has been laid out as a park.
Finds & research
Side-entry stone chamber; gold and silver beads, silver sword fittings, gold leaf, black lacquer fragments (possibly from a lacquered coffin), Nara-period Sue ware.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
National Historic Site (1996).
Archaeological view
A two-tiered mound — square base ~13.8m, round top ~9.2m — of the rare round-on-square form, built of rammed earth with stone paving at the end of the 7th to the beginning of the 8th century (a dating to the Nara period or later also exists). Its south-opening side-entry stone chamber yielded gold and silver beads, silver sword fittings, gold leaf, and lacquered-coffin fragments.
Field notes
About 20 min on foot from Kintetsu Takanohara Station; restored in 1987 and laid out as a park. The mound straddles the Nara–Kyoto border between Jingu, Nara City and Kabutodai, Kizugawa City.