Byeolbangjin

Byeolbangjin is recorded in the entry on Jeju-mok in the Sinjeung Dongguk yeoji seungnam (Newly Augmented Survey of the Geography of Korea). According to this record, Byeolbang Fortress was built of stone, with a circumference of 2,390 ja (about 724 m) and a height of 7 ja (about 2 m). In 1510, the fifth year of King Jungjong, Jang Rim, the magistrate (moksa) of Jeju-mok, judged that the anchorage used by Japanese ships near Udo Island was a source of danger, and so after building the fortress he moved the defence post from Geumnyeong to this site and named it Byeolbang. In 1848, the 14th year of King Heonjong, the magistrate Jang In-sik rebuilt it. The fortress now has a circumference of 950 m. It was built to take advantage of terrain that is higher in the south and lower in the north, and its walls form an oval. Because a comparatively large portion of its walls survive among the fortresses of Jeju Island, it is regarded as important material for understanding the methods and scale of fortress construction in the region at that time.

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Where it is

Region

Jeju City, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물