跡地

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 跡地, read あとち, is the former site left after a factory, castle, or other facility is gone.
• Basic usage: The land may be redeveloped as a park or visited as the location where an old castle once stood.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The site left after a facility is gone
  • It is the land left after a factory or castle is gone, perhaps reused as a park or visited as a former site. It is not a site where the same facility is still operating.