Deokpojin Fort, Gimpo

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.292

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

조선시대 후기(선조朝)

Designated year

1981

Location

김포시, 경기도— 경기 김포시 대곶면 신안리 산103-1번지

Coordinates

37.650567, 126.536283

This was an encampment and a strategic point standing on the waterway to Seoul in the Joseon Dynasty. It is uncertain when it was set up, but it became a subject to Ganghwado Island in 1666, the 7th year of the rule of King Hyeonjong of the Joseon Dynasty. The fort has the batteries of cannons, and the Pasucheong, which was in command of artillery and kept the live coal needed for firing cannons. The mounded battery was located in a strategically important position and the troops stationed there took part in engagements with the French fleet in the French invasion of Ganghwa in 1866, and with the U.S. fleet in the American Expedition of 1871. Seven cannon balls and two Sangpyeongtongbo (coins cast in 1633 and circulated for 200 years), and also a foundation stone and a brazier spot were discovered in a 1980 excavation.

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