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Multi-periodSite Name: Andong Seoktam-ni Alternative Name: 안동 석탑리 安東石塔里Country: South Korea Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Andong 안동 安東 Nearest Village: Bukhu-myeon 북후면
Latitude: 36.700630N Longitude: 128.612060E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Almost 20km from the centre of Andong (안동) city, a few km from the border with Yeongju (영주) city, this fine 5 layered rock-piled square pyramid stands on a small flatland in a valley.Though it has a linga on its top, this might be a Buddhist proto-pagoda and one of the origins of Kumayama Iseki and other Japanese pyramids, curiously the pair of pyramid in a precinct of a Shinto shrine on Tsushima islands has the linga and yoni on their top. There is a Buddhist temple close by but no relation with this ancient site.
The name of the village Seoktam-ni (Soktap-ri) means "stone tower village". Korean people call these kinds of pyramids as 'pangdanhyeong jeokseoktap (방단형적석탑 = square layered stone-piled tower)', 'kedansik jeokseoktap (게단식적석탑 = stairs-styled stone-piled tower)' or 'pangdan jeokseok yugu (방단적석유구 = square layered stone-piled site)' . Designated as No. 343 of Cultural Material of Gyeongsang-Bugdo province
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