Umamukaiyama Kofun
The is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Kinseicho neighborhood of the city of Shikokuchūō, Ehime on the island of Shikoku in Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2011. It is the largest rectangular burial mound in Shikoku. Overview The Umamukaiyama Kofun is located on a hill with an elevation of 20 meters on the east bank of the Kinsei River that flows through the eastern part of the Uma Plain, which is roughly in the center of the Seto Inland Sea of Shikoku. The tumulus is a rectangular , with two side-entry stone burial chambers that both open to the south. An archaeological excavation conducted from 2003 to 2009 found that the tumulus measured 46 meters from north-to-south by 70 meters east-to-west, and had a moat with a width of five meters and depth of two meters on at least the south and north sides. Burial Chamber No. 1 to the west was 10.8 meters long, with an internal room of 3.9 by 2.5 meters and a height of 2.6 meters, an ...
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