Sinsanhwanhaejangseong Fortress

To block seaborne raids by foreign invaders, Jeju Island built walls running along its coastline, known as hwanhaejangseong, or coastal walls encircling the sea. Sections of these walls survive today in fourteen places, including Onpyeong-ri, Haengwon-ri, Handong-ri, Dongbok-ri, Bukchon-ri, Aewol-ri and Gonae-ri. In his Namsarok, Kim Sang-heon refers to the hwanhaejangseong as 'the Great Wall of Tamna'. The surviving section of the Sinsan hwanhaejangseong wall is about 600 metres long.

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Where it is

Region

Seogwipo, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물