Raharjo Pugung Archaeological Park has an area of approximately nearly 30 acres. From the port city of Lampung, where the culture of this historic location is about 42 kilometers, is located in District Sekampung hicks, East Lampung Regency.
This archaeological park, is a relic ancestors came from two traditions, the Megalithic and Classical. Megalithic tradition is a kind of prehistoric cultures, where the ancestors, not familiar with writing. As the characteristics of tool life time, still made of large rocks. Among others, such as an upright stone or called (menhirs), tables of stone (dolmen) grave stone and the stone coffin.
While the classical tradition, took place after our ancestors, culture influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism, in the century to Five Six to Twelve centuries AD.
Beginning, Raharjo Pugung complex Archaeological Park is an area that is considered very haunted by some of the local community. Because after hundreds of years, this area, not in human habitation, so that a wilderness area with many large trees that grow wild have suggested sinister.
In 1954, the transmigrants from Java, the open forest. They found a large mound of stone composite. The composition of these, a square and a stone statue of Princess named Badriah or better known as Buddha statues.
After doing a survey and research by scholars of historical objects in 1968, eventually Central and Local Government conduct the restoration early in 1977. While the second restoration in 1984, managed to reconstruct the historical heritage to its original position.
The valuable historical heritage cultural sites, among others, the site of castle consisting of two elongated mound with a height reached 3.5 meters long and 1,200 meters. While the exterior of the castle, there is a trench or a river with a depth of approximately 3 to 5 meters.
According to the results of historical research, the citadel, is the defense of a wild animal attacks and other tribes. In addition, there were 13 jug small and large, made from the mound. Jug-jug this, serves as a place of worship of ancestral spirits of the past.
At the site of stone, there is a stone cage sites (rock body), incised stone (rock holes), stone mortars, stone pool and public baths.
Perhaps according to stories circulating in the community, bathing pool water from sources believed to cure various kinds of diseases and becoming younger.
Because these sources of clean water, never dry all year, even though the dry season. In the swimming bath, there are stone and historic cave along tens of kilometers to the lake through the cave wayjepara. But unfortunately, can not be seen with the naked human eye.
Archeological Site garden Pugung Raharjo a cultural and historical assets that bring in revenue sources that are not less attractive to others outside of Lampung Province.
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