Korea's Ancient underground wooden structures Awaken from 1,600 Years of Sleep

 
1,600-year-old large underground wooden structure from Silla period appears at Gomosanseong Fortress in Mungyeong

(Mungkyung = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Tae-shik = Various parts of a large underground wooden structure of the Silla Dynasty around the 5th century, which was identified at Gomosanseong Fortress [고모산성] at 30-3, Sinhyeon-ri, Maseong-myeon, Mungyeong-si, North Gyeongsang Province.

The three-story underground wooden structure, consisting of upper, middle and lower floors, is a rectangular flat surface, measuring 12.3 meters by 6.6-6.9 meters in total and 4.5 meters in depth (1.4 meters in the lower layer, 1 meters in the middle layer, and 2.1 meters in the upper layer). 2007-06-12. 
 

This excavation was conducted in 2007. 

Gomosanseong Fortress, where this wooden structure unexpectedly appeared in the pond site, was excavated in that year. 

Much remains a mystery regarding the function of this facility. 

However, given that it was discovered in the pond inside the fortress and that there are traces of actual water management, it is certain that this facility was related to water management.

 
[Location of Gomosanseong Fortress in Mungyeong]

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