Jeongsaeng-dong White Porcelain Kiln Site

The Jeongsaeng-dong White Porcelain Kiln Site was investigated as part of an academic survey of the ceramic kiln sites of the Bomunsan mountain area, carried out from 17 May to 8 August 1997. The excavation identified the remains of one kiln and three stone-built structures believed to have been workshop facilities. The kiln remains are very well preserved, apart from the collapsed and damaged rear section. The kiln was dug deep into the surrounding weathered granite soil layer and its roof was then covered with clay, giving it the structure of a deungyo, or climbing kiln. Inside, thick fire-control pillars are set in pairs at regular intervals between the firing chambers, along with a long, low-silled firebox entrance and an unusually arranged row of stones forming the chimney section. The kiln's structure, from the firebox through the firing chambers to the chimney, survives in relatively complete condition. The kiln is about 26m long overall, with an interior width of about 140–180cm and a slope of about 20 degrees. The firing chamber is about 20m long and is divided into six compartments by earthen pillars, with both side walls surviving well to a height of 50cm or more above the floor. Five entrance traces are found along the right-hand wall of the firing chamber. Around the chimney is an oval arrangement of stones about 3m long and 5.5m wide, which appears to have been intended to stop soil being washed toward the chimney in the rain. Among the three stone structures to the north of the kiln, believed to be workshop facilities, flat, elongated stones are arranged in an oval, each showing traces of heating at one corner, suggesting these were drying facilities. The Jeongsaeng-dong white porcelain kiln is thought to have been in active operation from as early as the sixteenth century to, at the latest, the first half of the seventeenth century.

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Where it is

Region

Jung-gu, Daejeon

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물