This study examined the background and change of building Yeongam eupseong and characteristics and construction method of its spatial structure. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, Yeongam eupseong was built for the same purpose of national border defense against the invasion of Japanese army as other Eupseongs were built and it was found first in the literature in the era of King Munjong of Joseon Dynasty with the scale of three gates and 4,369 cheok of castle wall. Such a scale was continued and in particular, according to flat structure, road network and gate position shown in the map, the form and road system of Yeongam eupseong before the 19th century were mostly identical with the current ones. Second, castle wall was built over foundation by using talcum after leveling the foundation soil and castle wall can be divided into outer wall, filling part and inner wall from the section. Outer wall was constructed by inserting and layering pebbles with big irregular stone, filling part was made with talcum and riprap and inner wall with soil in several layers by keeping gradient. This building method showed common features in inserting and layering pebbles for outer wall, use of protruded base and section form compared to Jeollado Eupseong.

1. 서론
    1-1. 목적 및 배경
    1-2. 방법 및 범위
    1-3. 연구사
2. 읍성의 대두와 명칭
3. 영암읍성의 축조배경과 변화
4. 성내 건축물
5. 축성법
6. 결론
Abstract

• 김영필(전남문화재연구원 연구팀장, 공학박사) | Kim, Young-Pil (The Jeonnam Cultural Property Research Center, Team Manager, Ph D.) Corresponding author