Candy-wrap (keyhole shape with one more handle) Shape Barrows (双方中円墳)

Candy-wrap shape barrow refers to one of the form of tumulus.

Characteristics.

They have square juts on both sides of a round hill and were seen relatively during the early Kofun period (tumulus period).

Representative tumulus

Tatetsuki-kofun Tumulus
Kushiyama-kofun Tumulus
Nekozuka-kofun Tumulus (Iwase Oyama-kofun Tumulus Cluster)
Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture

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