Lake Khukh Burd is
situated in Adaatsag Soum of Dundgobi province. There is a stone castle ruin
built in the 16th-17th century on a small island in the lake. The ruin is
7-8 meters high, 10 meters wide and 25 meters long. The castle was a huge one
that consisted of 4 sections with a 150cm thick wall. In the 16th century,
a son of Tibetan nobleman had the temple built by Mongolians. However, he was
forced to go home country without finishing a temple construction. That is why
it was remained roofless and named as “Oroigui Sum” (Temple without roof).
Although later it was roofed several times, all of them destroyed due to the
thunder. So, it remained roofless. There was a 40m long double stone fortress
in front of the building. Besides these, there had been a big construction
which was knocked down in order to build a cattle pen. Stones used to build the
castle are supposed to have carried by camel carts from approximately 200km
south far away. Having an excellent property of adhering, lacustrine clay in
the lake was used in construction. Originally, there were 3 streamlets feeding
the lake. Unfortunately, only one of them left due to a continuous drought and
the lake’s level has been gradually going down as time passes. Formerly,
aquatic birds such as a goose, a duck and a swan had been living here. On south
of the lake, there is Uuden Bulag spring. Saint D.Danzanravjaa performed his
play “Saran Khukhuu” in the region. This stone castle ruin was taken under
state special protection in 1998.