Dolmen in Seokji-ri, Goseong

Dolmens are the representative tombs of the Bronze Age, also called goindol, and are known mainly as the graves of a ruling class with economic wealth or political power. Korean dolmens are divided into the table type, in which four supporting stones form a stone chamber topped by a huge flat capstone, and the go-board type, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones set beneath the capstone. Seokji-ri, in Hai-myeon, Goseong County, South Gyeongsang Province, lies where Bonghyeoncheon Stream flows to the west and a hill 142m above sea level stands to the east. In the field in front of the village, five dolmens are gathered within a 10m radius, an area now cultivated as paddy fields. The dolmens of Seokji-ri are of the go-board type, with the stone chamber built underground, and are generally in good condition. The capstones are made of flat slate; the largest measures 2.5m in length and 1.6m in width, with four to five supporting stones beneath it. Bronze Age relics are also distributed in Yangchon village, south of the hill at Seokji-ri, and Eumchon village has four more dolmens, showing that many people lived in this area during the Bronze Age.

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Where it is

Region

Goseong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물