Celadon Kiln Sites in Jinsan-ri, Haenam

Celadon Kiln Sites in Jinsan-ri, Haenam, early Goryeo kiln sites scattered on seaside hills

A kiln site means the spot where a kiln that fired ceramics, roof tiles or bowls once stood. In Jinsan-ri, more than 100 kiln sites that fired celadon in the early Goryeo period are clustered on low hills right by the sea, but seawater has worn many of them away, so the exact number is hard to count. What sets them apart is that they sit on coastal hills, unlike kiln sites in other regions, which are mostly inland.

Celadon Kiln Sites in Jinsan-ri, Haenam, where the ceramics raised from the sea off Wando were made

Just over 30,672 ceramic pieces raised from the sea off Wando in 1983–1984 were found to have been made here. Judging by the excavated shards, the kilns are thought to have operated from the mid-11th century to the mid-12th century.

Celadon Kiln Sites in Jinsan-ri, Haenam, a source of iron-painted and green celadon

Most finds are green celadon with a coarse clay body in greenish-brown or dark green, mixed with fine celadon with incised designs and pottery coated in blackish-brown glaze. Iron-painted celadon such as plum vases, hourglass drums and wide-mouthed bottles, painted with grass and peony designs in iron oxide pigment, has been found here, and the site is counted as the place that made the most iron-painted celadon.

Source: Haenam County Culture and Tourism