Overview
Located on Gwanaksan, it is a fortress from the Three Kingdoms period to the Silla period, featuring cultural assets such as a Han Well and a stone statue, as well as a traditional temple called Hoapsa, which is part of the Gwanaksan Dulle-gil trail course, and offers tourism linked to it. Hoam Fortress is a Temoe-style mountain fortress from the Unified Silla period, surrounded by ridges, with a circumference of 1,250 meters, of which about 300 meters remain traces of the fortress. Hanwoomul is a pond at the summit of Hoamsan, measuring 22 meters in length and 12 meters in width, surrounded by granite on all four sides, and is also known as Yongbo (龍洑). During droughts, rain rituals were held, and during wartime, preparations for military use were reportedly held. The exact time when this pond-shaped well was constructed is unknown, but during the excavation for repairs, it was confirmed that the pond originally built during the Three Kingdoms period was buried beneath the current pond, and a pond with a stone mound on top was reconstructed in the early Joseon period. The stone embankment of Hanumul from the Joseon Dynasty measures 22m east-west, 12m north-south, and 1.2m deep, and beneath it, deposits from Unified Silla have also been identified. At another well, a bronze spoon with the inscription 'Ingbeolnaeryeokjinaemi' (仍伐內力只內未) was found. Near the well, a dog-shaped animal statue (stone statue, 1.7m long, 0.9m wide, 1.0m high) was discovered, which appears to be related to a Joseon legend about the city being erected to prevent fires in Seoul. Near Han Well, a stone inscribed with 'Seokguji' (石拘池) was discovered, likely because this pond was associated with the stone statue, which is why it was called Seokguji.