Cheorwon Dolmen Group

Dolmens, also known as goindol, are representative tombs of the Bronze Age, generally understood to be the graves 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 set up to form a stone chamber topped with a huge, flat capstone, and the go-board type, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones and a capstone placed over it. This dolmen group, located in Toseong-ri, Galmal-eup, Cheorwon County, is of the table-type, and the dolmens were built in a straight line along the bank of the Namdae Stream, in the same form, facing the same direction, and at regular intervals. Originally thought to have numbered seven, only two now remain. Of these, No. 1 has lost one of the four supporting stones that formed its stone chamber, exposing the interior, with an oval capstone resting above; this capstone, large in relation to the chamber, measures 4.02 m in length and 3.05 m in width. Around 20 artefacts, including stone and earthenware pieces, have been found near the dolmens, indicating that grave goods were buried together with the dead. Pottery fragments have also been found at a nearby earthen fortification, suggesting that a village once stood there. The site is valued as important material for the study of Bronze Age tombs and the social structure of the period.

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Where it is

Region

Cheorwon, Gangwon

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물