Japan · 4th century BC
Yoshinogari site ranks #841 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #39 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded c. 400 BC, it is older than 99% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 15 atlas entries founded in the 4th century BC. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 10,561 times in the last 60 days, more than 94% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kumamoto, 65 km away. It is one of the 37 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Kyushu. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
Yoshinogari (吉野ヶ里 遺跡, Yoshinogari iseki) is a large and complex Yayoi period archaeological site located in the town of Yoshinogari and city of Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. According to the Yayoi chronology established by pottery seriations in the 20th century, Yoshinogari dates back to between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD. However, recent attempts to use absolute dating methods such as AMS radiocarbon dating have shown that the earliest Yayoi component of Yoshinogari dates back to before 400 BC.
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