Yeoncheon Hakgongnijeokseokchong Tomb

Hakgongni Jeokseokchong Tomb is a group burial site from the late Proto-Three Kingdoms period. Because the stone layer covering its mound is thinner than in Goguryeo-style stone-mound tombs (jeokseokchong), it has been known by various names — jeupseongmyo, jeupseokchong, jeupseok-style jeokseongmyo [terms meaning roughly 'pebble-covered tomb'] — though recent scholarship has also begun to call it a stone-mound tomb (jeokseok-bungumyo). It lies on a low sand dune north of the Imjingang River, which flows to the south-west. Its surviving form is an oval elongated east–west, widest at the eastern edge and narrowing towards the west, measuring about 25m in length and 10m in width. It was built by levelling a natural riverside sand dune and constructing stone-lined burial chambers on top using river cobbles. Four chambers have been confirmed — three on the east side and one on the west — though more are presumed to have existed originally. The chambers were built not as independent units but in a continuous row, their walls made of river cobbles 30–50cm in size; distinctively, large cobbles were set upright at regular intervals along one of the long walls. No floor structure was found inside the chambers. Paddle-marked pottery [pottery patterned by beating the vessel wall with a paddle], Nangnang-style pottery, beads of various materials and shapes, a bronze bell and a bronze ring were excavated from the chambers. The Nangnang-style pottery, gold-foil glass and bronze items are thought to have been obtained through exchange with the neighbouring regions of Daebang or Nangnang. The excavated artefacts suggest the tomb was built around the third century.

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Where it is

Region

Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물