Sindo Island Rido Island Kiln Site

This site is also known as "Ilgopdeureu Norang-gul." It is where our forebears made pottery for everyday use, such as heobeok (water jars), tonggae (storage jars), byeong (bottles) and jangte (rimmed jars). Whereas elsewhere the surface of vessels was coated with glaze, here no glaze was applied and the colour developed naturally. Moreover, while kilns elsewhere are all earthen kilns, the kilns of Jeju Island are stone kilns, unique in the world. This site is not only where Jeju Island's distinctive pottery culture flourished, but also a place where the wisdom of our forebears can be glimpsed. The kiln is a norang-gul, built higher at the east end and lower at the west. The firebox was formed in the shape of the character 口 (mouth) using three slab-shaped basalt stones, and the chamber ceiling, where it meets the fire wall, forms a sharply curving line, probably because of the lie of the land. In the corner where the kiln's wall meets its ceiling there are ash-glaze drainage holes at intervals of 50 cm. The kiln as it survives today measures 8.85 m in length, 2.5–5.7 m in width and 1.56 m in height, and is presumed to have been built in the early to mid-modern period.

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Where it is

Region

Seogwipo, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물