Analysis on Damaged Characteristics of Stone Objects in the Tajo’s Geonwolleung of Jonseon Royal Tombs, World Cultural Heritage

Abstract eng:
s Geonwolleung is the tomb by the Joseon's 1st king, Lee Seong-gye of the 42 Joseon Royal tombs. Currently the stone objects laid out at Geonwolleung are 168 burial mound stones and 26 stone objects, which have been exposed to the external environment for a long time and considerably weathered. Accordingly after the damaged condition on plants in the Geonwolleung is diagnosed and surveyed the measures for conservation and management of each stone objects were proposed. As a result, as the damage ratings are 0.0% for class 1, 13.9% class 2, 34.5% class 3, 51.5% class 4 it is actually urgent to conserve and manage the burial stones and stone objects at Geonwolleung. Therefore, in order to conserve and manage the stone objects for a long time it is necessary to generally wash the surface, some stone objects are judged to have the conservative measures such as consolidated treatment, adhesion and filling, etc.

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