墓場に近い方の社は、丸支天王宮です。墓場の側に 汲川の跡らしき直径1m程の比較的深い穴が有り、その北西にも同じような穴が有ります。東に隣接している地域は「目取」の地名が付けられています。目くらまし 面取(急斜面の埋め立て) 目計(目分量) 女取(窪地の埋め立て)のいずれの意味でしょうか。面城の三方は急峻な崖ですが 目取側だけは 無防備な構造で、これでは 山城としては不自然です。目取は 元は 空堀で周辺と仕切られていたが、後世に堀を埋め 往来の便を図ったのであれば、面取 あるいは女取が 目鳥の地名の由来の有力な候補となります。大木金比羅神社の建つ所の郷田城跡(北緯34度54分43秒・東経133度46分53秒)を 面城跡と「加茂川町の山城」等では 紹介していますが、地元の人は こぞってこの薮の城跡を 面城と呼び、またここに女城 の地名もあり、また 大木金比羅神社の建つとされる所を 郷田城と 呼びます。郷田と言う地名は この辺りになく、常江田城の近くに 合田の地名があります。吉備中央町では、親城と出城を同じ名前で呼ぶ傾向が見られますので「加茂川町の山城」等の意見を否定する訳ではありません。The ruins of Men-jiro/castle are located near 1129 Oogi-Metori The citadel is a insular hill became a bamboo thicket at the present time It is said that this castle is a branch castle of Tuneeda-jyou/castle The flatland of the top of the hill is a round-shape There is the second flatland under the top-flatland The second flatland surround the top-flatland and there is few narrow Inubasiris “berms” at a part of second flatland There is a graveyard on the second flatland and two shrines are enshrined at the northeast of the graveyard The shrine near the graveyard is Marusi-tenou-guu/shrine There is a deep hole with about one meter in diameter what seem remains of a well at the side of the graveyard Land name called Metori ”目取・take eye” is the east side of the adjoining hill The name is conceived means of camouflage, reclaim land from a steep slope “面取”, a rough estimate“目量“, land fill of the depression of the ground”女取“ The Metori side of the castle is only unprotected against invasion of the attacking soldiers Since this structure is
unfavorable as mountain castle, if Metori was trench originally and the trench was raised the ground level to administer conveniently for come and go from the community to Men-jiro area by the peoples in later age I think that the 面取 or 女取 is the prevailing opinion It is introduced in "加茂川町の山城 the mountain castles in Kibityuuou-tyou/town" etc. that the ruins of Goda-jyou/castle (34degrees 54minutes 43 seconds north latitude, 133degrees 46 minutes53 seconds east longitude)where Ooki-Konpira-jinjya/shrine " in fact, Marishitensha etc. are enshrined" is built, is the ruins of Men-jiro, but all the locals called the ruins of this castle ruins of Men-jiro, and there are the land name of Men-jiro The land name called Goda is not in this area, there is a land name of Gouda near Tuneeda-jyou in Kibityuuou-tyou, there is a tendency to call the parent castle and the branch castles by the same name, so it does not contradict the expression of "Yamashiro in加茂川町の山城. 常江田城:舟掘下576番地の東北 北緯34度54分59秒・東経133度47分2秒 合田:豊岡下691・3157番地等 城ノ乢:大木1098・1116番地等 目取:大木1129(北緯34度54分51秒・東経133度47分12秒)・1169・1170番地等 女城東:大木1100・1117番地 女城西平:1103・1104番地 城ノ乢西:大木1112・1113番地 シロノ乢南久保:大木1114・1115番地 目取前堀上:大木1120番地 平成23年(2012年)7月7日