Hai Phong urgently excavated 13 suspected wooden piles of the battle of Bach Dang

Hai Phong City People's Committee has just decided to urgently excavate 13 wooden stakes discovered in Lai Xuan commune, Thuy Nguyen district.

Accordingly, the City allowed the Institute of Archeology to preside over and coordinate with the Hai Phong Museum and the People's Committee of Thuy Nguyen district to urgently excavate the fish pond area of ​​Mr. Dao Van Den's house in Village 11, Lai Xuan Commune.

Leading the excavation is Dr. Bui Van Hieu, Deputy Director in charge of the Center for Underwater Archeology at the Institute of Archeology.

The fish pond area of ​​Mr. Den's family.(Photo: Nguyen Duong).

According to this decision, the archaeological time from February 18 to March 31 on an area of ​​400m2.

During this time, the licensed agencies should pay attention to protecting the strata of the monument, responsible for disseminating to people about the protection of local cultural heritage.

As for artifacts collected during excavation, the Hai Phong Museum and the Department of Culture and Sports are responsible for preserving and preserving to avoid damage, loss and reporting to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, City People's Committee plans to protect and promote value.

A stake is revealed when the fish pond drains the water.(Photo: Nguyen Duong).

Earlier, on 9/2, Mr. Dao Van Den's family discovered 13 wooden stakes on the bottom of the pond after pumping water to harvest fish. This fish pond is called Thuong lagoon, formerly the dune is located between the confluence of Kinh Thay, Da Vach and Da Bac rivers.

This area is also adjacent to the administrative boundaries of the three provinces of Hai Phong, Quang Ninh and Hai Duong.

On February 12, experts and researchers from Vietnam Institute of Archeology returned to Lai Xuan commune to conduct a survey of the area where wooden piles were discovered. The results show that some of the piles here have shown signs of deterioration such as the piles' heads were cut flat, some of the piles were located in the embankments of rock banks.

Dam Thuong pile pile found area (circled in red).(Photo: Google Maps).

Researchers assessed that the newly discovered pile ground (temporarily called Dam Thuong) had a great significance in studying the battle of Bach Dang battle in 1288. This was the second pile pile discovered in Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong. .

Previously, from November 27, 2019 to December 19, 2019, the Institute of Archeology in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Sports, Hai Phong Museum conducted excavations of 3 holes of 950 m2 and discovered 27 stakes. at Cao Quy field, Lien Khe commune.

According to scientists, the relics of the Cao Quy pile pile site may be an battlefield dating back to the end of the thirteenth century, most likely related to the Tran Mong army's 1288 war against the Tran people.

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