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Multi-periodSite Name: Uiseong Seoktam-ni Alternative Name: 의성 석탑리 義城石塔里Country: South Korea
NOTE: This site is 19.347 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: 의성 Uiseong 義城 Nearest Village: 안평면 Anpyeong-myeon
Latitude: 36.392940N Longitude: 128.626880E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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10km from the centre of Uiseong (의성) city, at the inner outskirt of the village Seoktam-ni (Soktap-ri) (=stone tower village), this fine 5 layered rock-piled square pyramid stands.
This pyramid has a space for Buddhist statues, like Zutō in Japan, on every side and 2 of them still contain statues. The prove that this is a kind of Buddhist proto-padoda.
Korean people call these kinds of pyramids as 'pangdanhyeong jeokseoktap (방단형적석탑 = square layered stone-piled tower)', 'kedansik jeokseoktap (게단식적석탑 = stairs-styled stone-piled tower)' or 'pangdan jeokseok yugu (방단적석유구 = square layered stone-piled site)'.
At the entrance of Korean villages, there often stand the totem poles called 'changseung (장승)' or the cairns called 'seonangdang (서낭당)', this village has latter one.
Designated as No. 301 of Tangible Cultural Heritage of Gyeongsong-Bugdo province
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