Abstract

This paper, which first started out of doubt on the location of King Sejong's first burial ground-'old Yeongneung', seeks to authenticate the location of the 'commonly called old Yeongneung' and various ancient remains discovered and made known to the world by excavation in 1973. To this end, the paper studied on excavation report of 1973 through literature research. In the process of going about the study, it is found out that the location of 'old Yeongneung' wasn't the one excavated in 1973 but was the present site of Inneung(royal tomb of King Seonjo), and the location of the spot that formed the grave mound was indentical. Furthermore, it is discovered that the 'commonly called old Yeongneung' that we know until present as 'old Yeongneung' is not the first burial ground('old Yeongneung) of King Sejong, but is really the first burial ground of King Jungjong's Queen Jang-Gyeong Yun-Ssi, 'old Huineung'. This chain of events in turn triggers a reconsideration of the 'commonly called old Yeongneung's' authenticity as well as that of 12 stone figures before old Yeongneung which are designated by Seoul City as tangible cultural properties at present.