Yongdam Dolmen No. 1

Dolmens (jiseokmyo, also called goindol) are the representative tombs of the Bronze Age, generally known to have been the tombs of a ruling class with economic wealth or political power. Dolmens in Korea are divided into the table type, in which four supporting stones are erected to form a stone chamber with a huge, flat capstone placed on top, and the go-board type, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones and a lid stone, over which a huge capstone is placed. This dolmen stands south of the playing field of the high school attached to the College of Education, Jeju National University, and is buried in soil and rubble on all sides except the southwest. Although its form is of the go-board type, several broad, flat stones are arranged beneath the capstone to form the burial chamber, so it has been reclassified as a capstone type (gaeseok-sik). The capstone measures 2.7m in length and 2.07m in width, and tilts slightly to the southwest. There are five supporting stones, but traces suggest stones once stood at the northeast and southeast as well, indicating there were originally seven in all. On the southwest side of the capstone, a closing stone appears to have been used in place of a supporting stone. The northern supporting stone is more than 1.5m long, and the southern one more than 0.6m long. A stone axe and fragments of human bone were found here, and the dolmen is estimated to date to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age.

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Where it is

Region

Jeju City, Jeju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물