Janggot Battery, Ganghwa

A dondae, or battery, is a lookout post built at a point commanding a clear view along a border or coastal area, used to observe enemy movements and prepare against attack. It is usually built on raised, level ground, with the outer wall built up high like a fortress rampart and the interior kept low to accommodate cannon. This battery makes use of the natural terrain to form a small fort on top of it. Janggot Battery is one of 48 batteries built in 1679 (the fifth year of King Sukjong), and is also known as Gingot Battery. Standing on a spit of land jutting out into the sea, it enjoyed very favourable conditions for observation and defence. It is circular, with an internal diameter of 31 m, a circumference of 128 m, and stone walls 210–350 cm high. Square stones measuring 40–120 cm were piled up in a circular wall 3 m high, and four gun emplacements (pojwa) were built facing the sea. Each emplacement is 45 cm in diameter, with an internal width of 18 cm and a length of 24 cm. Traces remain of a low parapet that once stood above them. Together with Migot Battery, Bugilgot Battery and Geomam Battery, it belonged to the Janggot garrison (Janggotbo). It was repaired in 1993 using stone quarried locally.

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Where it is

Region

Ganghwa, Incheon

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물