Gang Su-myeong Burial Ground, Jinju

This is the tomb of Gang Su-myeong, who served as Governor of Gaeseong during the reign of King Taejong of Joseon, and his wife. The exterior of the tomb consists of an earthen mound raised above a ring of guard stones made up of a base stone, face stones, and a coping stone, and the mound is rectangular in plan. Around the mound, flat stones are laid in two rectangular rows: the outer row measures about 12.5 m by 7.3 m, and the inner row about 7.6 m by 7.2 m. The burial mound itself is first built up to a height of 45 cm using broken stones of about 70 cm by 30 cm, and above this an earthen mound about 70 cm high is formed. This rectangular tomb is important material for research into tombs of the Joseon dynasty.

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Where it is

Region

Jinju, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물