Mongchontoseong

Mongchontoseong
The former site of Mongchontoseong (2011)
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	37°31′18″N 127°7′22″E
Historic Sites of South Korea
Official name	Mongchontoseong Earthen Fortification, Seoul
Designated	1982-07-22
Reference no.	297
Korean name
Hangul	서울몽촌토성
Hanja	서울夢村土城
Revised Romanization	Seoul Mongchontoseong
McCune–Reischauer	Seoul M'ongchont'osŏng

Mongchontoseong (Korean: 서울 몽촌토성) is an ancient earthen rampart dating from the Baekje period. It is located what is now in the Olympic Park of Seoul, South Korea.

The fortification walls are estimated to have been about 2.7 km (1.7 mi) in length and approximately 6 to 7 m (20 to 23 ft) high. The fortifications of Mongchontoseong had a palisade atop the wall and a moat surrounding its base. They are part of Wiryeseong with Pungnaptoseong.

During the 1988 Summer Olympics, the running section of the modern pentathlon was held there. A number of important excavations of the site were conducted prior to the construction of the nearby Olympic Park.

References

• 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 181.

External links

• Media related to Dongnaeeupseong Fortress (category) at Wikimedia Commons
• Mongchontoseong Earthen Fortification, Seoul at Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Korea