CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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276 km from Hyeonpung to Hyeonpung, about 4 h 22 of riding. It goes by way of Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli, Marisan Tumuli, Songhak-dong Tumuli and back through Marisan Tumuli. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Above the small county town of Goryeong, in south-eastern Korea, a line of grassy burial mounds runs along the ridge of Jusan mountain like the knuckles of a giant hand. These are the Jisan-dong tumuli, tombs of the rulers and elite of Daegaya, the most powerful member of the Gaya confederacy, a group of small kingdoms that flourished in the south of the peninsula until they were absorbed by Silla in the sixth century. The largest mounds are huge, and excavations found not only rich grave goods, iron weapons, armour, gold crowns and pottery, but also evidence that attendants were buried with their lords. Together with other Gaya tomb groups, the site was added to the World Heritage list in 2023.
Read the complete Jisan-dong Tumuli write-up.
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Jisan-dong Tumuli is where the day begins. Next is Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli.
The rounded grassy mounds rising behind Changnyeong look almost like natural hills until you notice how regular they are. These are the Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong tumuli, burial mounds of the rulers of Bihwa, one of the small kingdoms of the Gaya confederacy that flourished in the south of the Korean peninsula between roughly the first and sixth centuries before being absorbed by Silla. In 2023 they became part of a UNESCO listing that brings together seven Gaya tomb clusters, and they are among the most atmospheric of the group.
Read the complete Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli write-up.
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Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. Next is Marisan Tumuli.
In Haman county, in the south of Korea, a long ridge rises above the town of Gaya, and along its crest lies a line of large burial mounds, grassy domes that seem to ripple across the hills. These are the Malisan, or Marisan, tumuli, the royal tombs of Ara Gaya, one of the states of the Gaya confederacy that flourished in the south of the Korean peninsula from roughly the first to the sixth century. In 2023, they were listed by UNESCO together with other Gaya tumuli across the region.
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about 92 km into the recorded legs you reach Marisan Tumuli. Next is Songhak-dong Tumuli.
The little port town of Goseong, on the south coast of Korea, is best known to many Koreans for dinosaur footprints, but the green mounds on a ridge above the sea tell an older story. The Songhak-dong tumuli are burial mounds of the Gaya confederacy, a group of small city-states that flourished in the south of the Korean peninsula alongside the better-known kingdoms of Baekje, Goguryeo and Silla, and that were gradually absorbed by Silla in the sixth century. Goseong was the centre of one of these states, usually called Sogaya, and the big round mounds here, laid out in a line above the bay, were the graves of its rulers.
Read the complete Songhak-dong Tumuli write-up.
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Songhak-dong Tumuli, about halfway. Next is back through Marisan Tumuli.
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Read the complete Marisan Tumuli write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Marisan Tumuli sits at 171 km, about halfway. Next is back through Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli comes up about 233 km into the recorded legs. Next is Jisan-dong Tumuli.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Jisan-dong Tumuli write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Jisan-dong Tumuli closes the day.
Jisan-dong Tumuli → Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli → Marisan Tumuli is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Marisan Tumuli → Songhak-dong Tumuli is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Songhak-dong Tumuli → back through Marisan Tumuli is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Marisan Tumuli → back through Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Gyo-dong and Songhyeon-dong Tumuli → Jisan-dong Tumuli is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.