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福井市免鳥町にある免鳥長山（めんどりながやま）古墳
（２２）
The Mendori Nagayama burial mound in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture!
NAVIでは容易にたどり着けない密林の秘境にある！
It's located in a densely forested unexplored area that cannot be easily reached by NAVI!
長年の感で、越前海岸から山に向かって伸びる、うらびれた別荘が続く細い道を登る
I climbed up a narrow path of rustic villas stretching from the Echizen coast to the mountain, based on a long-held feeling.
途中から藪となり、半信半疑のなか、かき分けて進むと視界が開け、山の尾根道に達する。
Halfway up the path, it became overgrown with bushes, and I was skeptical,
but after shoveling my way through, the view opened up and I reached the mountain ridge.
ほどなく発掘現場の看板に遭遇することができた
Soon after, we came across a sign for the excavation site.
ここからさらに急斜面を登っていくと眼前にその姿を現す！
Climbing up the steep slope, we came upon the site!
知る人ぞ知る免鳥長山古墳だ！
It's the Mento Chouzan Tumulus, known to all!
墳丘は急こう配で、斜面にはおびただしい数の角ばった葺石があるため登りにくい
The mound is steep and difficult to climb because of the large number of angular thatched stones on the slope.
後円部の頂からは越前海岸が一望できる
From the top of the back circular section, one can enjoy a panoramic view of the Echizen Coast.
東西に造出2基が付く帆立貝形古墳
A scallop-shaped tomb with two mounds built on the east and west sides.
全長90ｍ、後円部直径78m、後円部のみ２段築成
Total length 90 m, diameter of the back circle 78 m. Only the back circle is built in two
stages.
築造はAC400-450年までの間（５世紀前葉）と推測
Estimated to have been built between 400 and 450 AC (early 5th century).
２基の造出しと全体を写真に収めようとしたのだがあまりにも斜面が急で、
I tried to take pictures of the two structures and the whole tomb, but the slope was too steep and the whole tomb was too huge.
古墳全体も巨大なため、撮影ポイントを見いだせず、
東の造り出し部分のみの写真になってしまった
However, the slope was too steep and the whole tomb was too huge, so I couldn't find a good place to take photos, and ended up taking only the eastern part of the tomb.
後円部の頂には家形・甲冑形の埴輪が確認されている
At the top of the rear circle, house-shaped and armor-shaped haniwa (clay figurines) have been found.
埋葬施設は三角形・円形の文様を蓋に彫った笏谷石製の舟形石棺
The burial facility is a boat-shaped sarcophagus made of scepter stone with triangular and circular patterns carved on the lid.
副葬品は太刀の柄頭装飾、石製の腕飾片、勾玉・管玉・棗玉などが出土している。
As for burial accessories, ornaments on the hilt of a sword, stone armor pieces, magatama (jade beads), tubular beads, and jujube beads have been excavated.
古墳時代中期の北陸地方では最大級
One of the largest in the Hokuriku region in the mid-Kofun period.
引用／ウイキペディア・文化遺産オンライン・福井市文化遺産HP（福井市商工労働部観光文化局文化振興課）・福井の文化財HP
Citation: Wikipedia, Cultural Heritage Online, Fukui City Cultural Heritage HP (Cultural Promotion Division, Tourism and Culture Bureau, Commerce, Industry and Labor Department, Fukui City), Fukui's Cultural Properties HP
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