남측 궁궐 담장(익산 왕궁리 유적)

남측 궁궐 담장 南側宮牆 Southern Palace Wall

종합안내판: 익산 왕궁리 유적

해설문

국문

궁궐을 둘러싸고 있는 담장으로 동서 길이가 약240m, 남북이 약 490m의 직사각형이다. 담장의 폭은 3m 정도로, 잘 다듬은 석재를 쌓아 올려 만들었다. 담장의 안팎으로 돌을 깔아 보도(부석시설敷石施設)를 만들고, 담장 경계인 석렬시설(石烈施設)을 설치하였다. 부속시설로는 물 빠짐을 위한 수구와 배수로가 있고, 동·서·북측에 각 1개소, 남측에 3개소의 궁궐문터가 발견되었다.

영문

Southern Palace Wall

This is the southern section of the wall that once surrounded the detached palace built here during the reign of King Mu (r. 600-641) of the Baekje kingdom (18 BCE-660 CE). The wall formed a rectangular which measured 240 m from east to west and 490 m from north to south.

The wall was made of refined stones and measured 3 m in width. The structural remains include pavements on either side and stone alignments which mark the edges of the wall. Among the auxiliary structures are sluice gates and ditches that were used for wastewater disposal. Gate sites were also discovered: three on the southern section and one on eastern, western, and northern sections.

Some parts of the wall were renovated with new stones. Anything about that? Should we say something about this section being on the front side of the palace complex(as an explanation to why it has more gates than the other sections)?