Three-story Stone Pagoda in Ucheon-ri, Boseong

This pagoda stands in the middle of a rice paddy in front of Ucheon-ri village, beside the national highway between Beolgyo and Boseong. The site is presumed to have been a temple site, though no documentary record survives; according to tradition, it is said to have been the location of a subsidiary temple attached to Jinggwangsa Temple. Part of the stylobate is buried underground, and the base has been covered with cement, so its exact original form cannot be determined. On the exposed part of the stylobate, carvings imitating pillars are engraved. The body of the pagoda consists of three storeys, each storey's body stone and roof stone carved from a single piece of stone, and on the body stones thin pillar-like carvings can be seen at each corner. The roof stones have four-tiered eave supports on their underside, the eaves are horizontal, and they curve up slightly at the four corners. At the top, only the noban, a flat base for the finial, and the bokbal, an inverted bowl-shaped ornament, remain of the original finial decoration. The pagoda was dismantled and restored in 1970; judging from the well-balanced proportions of the body and roof stones at each storey, it is thought to have been built around the ninth century, during the Unified Silla period.

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Where it is

Region

Boseong, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Treasure · 보물