Mutae Battery, Ganghwa

A dondae is a sentry post set up in an easily monitored spot along a border or coastal area within a territory, to watch the enemy's movements or prepare against attack. It is usually built on raised flat ground, with the outer wall built high like a fortress wall and the inside kept low, where cannon were placed. The dondae on Ganghwado Island in particular were built at the court's order at various points along the coast to strengthen coastal defence, after the shock of Ganghwado's fall during the Manchu invasion of 1636, the fourteenth year of King Injo of Joseon. Located about 100m along an unpaved road running north from Changhu-ri wharf, this dondae was built as a long rectangle running along the coastline. It is one of several dondae built by Yun I-je, who served as Governor of Ganghwa, to strengthen coastal defence. Mutae Battery is one of forty-eight dondae built in 1679, the fifth year of King Sukjong, and together with Inhwa, Gwangam, Gudeunggot and Jakseong dondae it came under the jurisdiction of Inhwabo. It has a square layout with a perimeter of 145m and stone walls 120-530cm high. It is reached by taking the road north from Changhu-ri wharf.

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Ganghwa, Incheon

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료