Considering the geographical conditions surrounding the shrine with Higashinorikura Tumulus about 200m to the north and Nishinorikura Tumulus about 300m northwest, as well as the fact that the shrine's land used to be called Mt. Taiko, the shrine is believed to have been built after flattening a tumulus.
約200ｍ北に東乗鞍古墳、約300ｍ北西に西乗鞍古墳があり、当地も宮山（たいこ山）と呼ばれ、古墳を削平して神社を造営したと言われている。