Ancient Tombs in Hwangsang-dong, Gumi

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.470

Category

유적지

Designated year

2006

Location

구미시, 경상북도— 경북 구미시 황상동 산68번지 외

Coordinates

36.114557, 128.420640

The ancient tombs from the Three Kingdoms Period in Hwangsang-dong, Gumi form the southern side of the hills surrounding the north, which belongs to Indong-dong. Nakdonggang River flows some 2km west of the tombs, which are distributed along the top and somewhat steep slopes of the ridge stretching out to the south. Most of the larger tombs are located at the top, and the smaller ones, on the slopes. As one of the ancient tombs built in the northern part of Gyeongsangbuk-do in the 4th - 6th centuries as the period when Silla was developing its national systems, this group of tombs has been excavated three times since 1962; it has gone through one in-depth surface survey, revealing 59 wooden chamber tombs, 90 stone-lined tombs, 2 pit tombs, and 1 stone chamber tomb and 271 grave mounds including 28 large ones. Some 2,000 relics were found including gold earrings, 345 earthenware relics, and 78 iron relics. This tomb site is considered valuable in studying the history and culture of the Three Kingdoms Period.

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