Dolmen, Changnyeong

Dolmens are the representative tomb type of the Bronze Age, also called goindol, and are known mainly as the tombs of a ruling class that held economic wealth or political power. Korean dolmens are divided into the table type, in which four supporting stones are erected to form a burial chamber above ground with a huge flat capstone placed on top, and the go-board type, in which a burial chamber is made underground, small supporting stones are erected, and a capstone is placed on top. This dolmen, in Jangma-myeon, Changnyeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, is of the go-board type. Originally seven dolmens stood together in the shape of the Big Dipper, but they have since been destroyed and only two now remain. One retains its capstone, beneath which a burial chamber measuring 1 m long and 0.3 m wide was built in the form of a stone box using flat slabs. The other has lost its capstone, with only the lower structure remaining; its burial chamber, measuring 0.67 m long and 0.27 m wide, was built in the form of a stone box with neatly laid walls and floor, above which capstones were placed in two layers. Because this dolmen sits on the summit of a hill, it shows siting conditions different from dolmens found at the foot of hills or on flat land, giving it great academic value.

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Where it is

Region

Changnyeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물