Naju Donggok-ri Tumuli

Donggok-ri, to the west of the Munpyeong-cheon stream, is an area where hills have developed, and its ancient tombs are concentrated within a radius of about 3km, centred on the middle reaches of the Munpyeong-cheon. They are especially densely distributed around Mundong-ri, Yeongdong-ri and Bogam-ri, within a radius of about 1.5km. On the hill slopes are mainly early jar-coffin mounds (burial mounds built over large earthenware jar coffins), while large earthen mounds stand where the hills meet the plain, and small- to medium-sized stone-chamber tombs have been found on the lower and middle slopes of the hills. Among these, at the tips of three hills projecting northward from Daegok Village in Donggok-ri and from the north of Hoengsan Village, a single large tomb stands on each. Donggok-ri Daegok Tomb No.1 lies on a hill to the north of Daegok Village, which is surrounded by hills roughly 30m above sea level. The tomb sits on the hill behind the house of Mr Yi Ju-heon, and consists of a mound square in plan surrounded by a perimeter ditch, the outline of which has been confirmed at the north-western corner. The mound is square in plan, aligned north–south, measuring about 32m east–west, 32m north–south and about 4m high, with a flat area of about 14m east–west and 12m north–south at the summit. The trace of the perimeter ditch found at the north-western corner is about 6m wide and 0.5m deep. Because the mound is aligned north–south while the hill runs from north-west to south-east, the mound's axis is offset by about 45 degrees from the hill's ridge, so that each corner of the mound faces due east, west, south or north. According to villagers, the slightly raised area to the west of Tomb No.1 was formed from earth dug out when a small pond was excavated below the tomb during the Japanese colonial period. Donggok-ri Daegok Tomb No.2 is located at the end of the hill against which Daegok Village, surrounded by hills roughly 30m above sea level, leans. The tomb consists of a mound and a perimeter ditch traceable around it, its outline clearly visible to the north-west. The mound is circular in plan, about 30m in diameter and about 4m high, with a flat area about 12m in diameter at the summit. The trace of the perimeter ditch found to the north-west is about 6m wide and 0.5m deep. At the summit and on the western slope are pits believed to be the work of grave robbers; the burial facility is presumed to be a stone chamber, thought to have had its entrance facing west. Donggok-ri Hoengsan Tomb No.1 is located at the tip of the hill that descends toward the east-south-east from the north of Hoengsan Village, which is surrounded by hills roughly 30m above sea level. The tomb lies behind the house of Mr Yi Jun-ho and is known to local residents as 'Josan'. Although the end of the mound has been considerably damaged by the surrounding land being turned into orchards and by house construction, it is judged to have been square in plan, similar in form to Daegok Tomb No.1. A faint trace of a perimeter ditch can be observed to the west, on the upper part of the hill. The mound is aligned north–south, measuring about 20m east–west, 20m north–south and about 1.5m high, with a flat area of about 12 by 12m at the summit. A yeollyeobi — a stone monument honouring a woman noted for exemplary virtue — once stood on the flat summit, and the summit was considerably damaged when the monument was relocated.

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Where it is

Region

Naju, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료