Horogoru Fortress

Horogoru Fortress of Yeoncheon, a showcase for Goguryeo's fortification technology

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Planning the visit

Horogoru Fortress is stop 2 of 7 on the Prehistoric Landscape Route.

The stamp is not at the site itself but inside the tourist information center at Horogoru Fortress, so check the opening hours of that building rather than the site.

Admission is charged: 2023 Free access.

The two closest stamp points are Jeongok-ri Site, 14 km away, and Bidulginang Falls at 33 km. All three fit into one day.

Details

Address: 1257-1 Wondang-ri, Jangnam-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do
Stamp zone: Inside the tourist information center at Horogoru Fortress
Admission: 2023 Free access
Phone: 031-839-2144
Coordinates: 37.98340, 126.86271

What the campaign says about it

Horogoru Fortress is a triangular-shaped Ganganpyeongjiseong Fortress built on a basalt foundation on the northern bank of the Imjingang River. Since 2001, archaeologists carried out four excavations to learn more about the solidly built fortress walls, wooden fences, large water collecting facilities, and various building sites. Moreover, a large number of tiles, earthenware, and iron relics including Yeonhwamun Wadang roof tiles and Chimi were excavated inside the Fortress. These are important resources for understanding the construction techniques and living culture of Goguryeo as well as the overall structure of the Fortress itself. Horogoru Fortress is located at one of the most important strategic points along the Imjingang River basin, which served as the border between Goguryeo and Silla for roughly 200 years since the middle of the 6th century CE. The relatively more sophisticated relics excavated in large quantities from the area appear to be relics from Goguryeo's border defense command. Horogoru Fortress is also an important resource in that it revealed the unique construction techniques of Goguryeo. The fortification method combined the strengths of an earthen fortress and a stone fortress, which was a distinct fortification method of Goguryeo previously found in Gungnaeseong in China, Daeseongsanseong in Pyongyang, and some of the Goguryeo fortresses in South Korea.

Quoted from the Visit Korean Heritage Campaign.

Getting there

Get off at Dongducheon station on subway line no. 1 → Take bus 39-2 at Dongducheon station → Get off at Jeongok station/Nonghyup bus stop → Take bus no. 83 at the Nonghyup Sageori bus stop → Get off at Jajak-ri Village Hall bus stop → Walk for 19 minutes

Photographs

Photographs supplied by the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation.