Tucheng Site

　　Located in Tuchengwan, Tucheng Village, Shihhe Town, Tianmen City, it is a Western Zhou Dynasty site. The site covers an area of approximately 42,000 square meters. The shape of the city wall is somewhat like the sole of a shoe, measuring about 510 meters in length from north to south and up to 280 meters in width from east to west. Outside the city wall, there are remains of a moat, 80–100 meters wide. The rammed earth walls stand approximately 4–6 meters high at their highest remaining points, with tops 4–6 meters wide and bases 10–20 meters wide. Two trial excavations conducted in 1982 and 1989 revealed that the entire city wall structure was built atop the late Shijiahe cultural layer. The latest artifacts found within the wall include fragments of Western Zhou pottery li tripods. There are also large areas of Western Zhou cultural deposits and relics within the city. (First Batch)

　　Source: Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau