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A hatch on the fifth floor leads to a roof with incredible views of Ramapo Park and Lake, the Wanaque Reservoir, mountains to the west and to the east, New York City. In 1976, the majority of Ryecliff's area was conveyed, by the trustee of the MacEvoy estate, to the State of New Jersey to become what is now the "Ramapo Mountain State Forest".
Sengoku period castle ruins; designation includes the sites of Igawa Castle and Hayashi Castle Ogasawara Clan Castle Sites 36°13′29″N 138°00′34″E / 36.224849°N 138.009456°E / 36.224849; 138.009456 ( Ogasawara Clan Castle
Ramapo is a town in Rockland County, New York, United States. It was originally formed as New Hampstead, in 1791, and became Ramapo in 1828. [2] It shares its name with the Ramapo River. As of the 2020 census, Ramapo had a total population of 148,919, making it the most populous town in New York outside of Long Island.
Ramapo Lake is a 120-acre man-made lake in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in Northern New Jersey. [1] Ramapo Lake originally consisting of a 25-acre pond named Rotten Poel (Rats Pond) by the Dutch. It was enlarged and deepened by Jacob Rogers in the late 19th century when he built a stone dam across its outlet. [2]
designation includes the sites of Tanesato Castle, Horikoshi Castle, and Hirosaki Castle (pictured) Tsuruga clan castles 40°36′27″N 140°27′51″E / 40.607371°N 140.464218°E / 40.607371; 140.464218 ( Tsuruga clan
Katsunoo Castle (勝尾城, Katsuno'o-jō) was a Muromachi to Sengoku period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2006, with the designation expanded in 2010 to become the collective designation Katsuno'o Castle Tsukushi clan ruins (勝尾城筑紫氏遺跡, Katsuno-jō Tsukushi-shi ...
The name of the castle, "Goshogatani" is a later appellation, based on a legend that Emperor Keiko's palace was located here during his conquest of the Kumaso tribes of Kyushu. The earthwork is two kilometers long, approximately seven meters wide at the base and five meters high, with walls rising at an angle of 70 to 80 degrees.
Sashiki Castle is located on Shiroyama, a 90-meter hill in the Sashiki neighborhood of Ashikita, at the mouth of the Sashiki River. The location is a strategic intersection of the Satsuma Kaido and the Hitoyoshi Kaigo, commanding land transportation to southern Kyushu and the isolated Hitoyoshi Basin in southern Higo Province, and the site of a port which was used in the Sengoku period Nanban ...