Roof Tile Kiln Site in Dongbang-dong, Gyeongju

A yoji is a kiln site where ceramics, vessels, and roof tiles were fired. The Gyeongju National Museum excavated the site and discovered nine kilns that had been used to fire ceramics and roof tiles. Excavation of one of the kilns revealed a climbing tunnel kiln (deungyo) built along a hill slope, measuring 10.5 m in total length and 1.72 m in width. Part of the ceiling wall of the firing chamber survives, and a high wall separates the area where ceramics were shaped from the firing chamber itself. Most of the excavated roof tile fragments are decorative tiles bearing the bird-feather pattern popular in the Goryeo period and lotus patterns, together with tiles produced in the Joseon period. A flat eave-end tile inscribed with the reign name 'Qianlong', found on the kiln floor, is thought to date from the time the kiln went out of use, suggesting that the kiln site was in operation from the Goryeo period through to the late Joseon period. Note: the name of this site was changed from Gyeongju Dongbang Wayoji-gun to Roof Tile Kiln Site in Dongbang-dong, Gyeongju, by notification of 28 July 2011.

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Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

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Historic Site · 사적