조선시대 봉수대의 건물지 고찰

Abstract

As building sites are directly associated with the life of signal fire soldiers, they are recognized as an essential and important facility in understanding signal fire stations. Building sites around signal fire stations can be divided into residential building sites (家屋) where signal fire soldiers resided and lived and storing building sites (庫舍) where they stored materials for erecting signal fires and daily necessities. Residential building sites are divided, depending on the method of construction, into ground type and pit dwelling type. Both of them were equipped with furnaces and ondol (Korean floor heating system). Through literature review, it was found that pit dwelling-type residential building sites were mud-walled huts (土室) built by military camps near fortresses and signal fire stations to keep out the cold in winter. These mud-walled huts were found to be used for the purpose of residence and defense within fortresses and signal fire stations. Storing building sites are also divided, depending on the method of construction, into ground type and pit dwelling type, but most of them are ground type. Ground-type storing building sites can be divided, depending on the structure of buildings, into multi-room type (多間構造) and single-room type (一間構造). The differences in the structure and size of ground building sites seemed to be related to the differences in the type and amount of stored materials and the existence of a storeroom (庫房) within residential building sites. Roof tiles accounted for a high share of relics excavated from signal fire stations, which can be attributed to the fact that roof tiles were used to roof the buildings. The excavated roof tiles seemed to be produced several times for a long period of time and their size slightly changed as the buildings were repeatedly repaired over time. Roof tiles were excavated from various places, not only from building sites but also from facilities for erecting signal fires and those for defense and living, which indicates that roof tiles were utilized for various purposes not only for roofing but also for erecting signal fires, developing sites, draining water, etc.