Ucheonri Three-story Stone Pagoda, Boseong

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.943

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

통일신라시대 9세기

Designated year

1988

Location

보성군, 전라남도— 전남 보성군 조성면 우천리 326-17번지

Coordinates

34.799954, 127.230370

This stone pagoda is located at the rice field in Ucheon-ri along the national road between Beolgyo and Boseong. This area has long been considered an ancient temple site, but no written record remains. According to a local legend, it was an annex site of Jinggwangsa Temple. The exact feature of the lower part cannot be seen because the platform of this pagoda is partially buried under the ground, and the surface around it is covered with cement. Some carvings resembling the pillar are shown on the exposed platform above the surface. The pagoda body is a three-story body. Each roofstone and the body are made of single stone, and the body has very thin carvings of pillar design at every corner. The roofstone is supported by four layers and equipped with flat eaves but was extended slightly upward at every corner. What remains at the finial part is the base to support the head ornament and the semi-spherical ornament. This pagoda was dismantled and reassembled in 1970 and is presumed to have been built around the 9th century during the Unified Silla Period, since it shows a well-balanced scale between the body of each story and the roofstone.

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