Gyeongju Dongbang-dong Kiln Site

About this place

The Gyeongju Dongbang-dong Kiln Site was accidentally discovered during land development work in 1977, and the National Gyeongju Museum investigated and excavated nine kilns that had been used to fire ceramics and roof tiles. An investigation of one kiln revealed that it was a tunnel kiln (deungnyo) built using the slope of a hill, with a total length of 10.5 m and a width of 1.72 m. Part of the ceiling wall of the firing chamber remains, and there is a high wall between the molding room and the firing room. Most of the roof tile fragments unearthed are decorative tiles with feather-shaped patterns and lotus motifs popular in the Goryeo period, along with Joseon-period tiles. The 'geonryung'-inscribed eave tile excavated from the kiln floor is thought to be from the time the kiln ceased operation, and leads to the estimate that the kiln operated from the Goryeo period through the late Joseon period.