Dolmen in Sinbyeok-dong, Sacheon

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. The dolmens of Sinbyeok-dong, Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, stand on a hillock at the end of a ridge extending west from Waryongsan Mountain. A cemetery of the Gimhae Kim clan is now located there, and around it five dolmens stand in a row at regular intervals. These dolmens are generally in good condition and are of the go-board type, with small supporting stones set beneath large capstones; the capstones measure about 4m in length and 3m in width, and since no excavation has been carried out, the exact substructure is unknown. In the surrounding fields and orchards, about ten more dolmens are distributed, with smaller capstones about 0.9m in length and 0.8m in width, distinguishing them from the Sinbyeok-dong dolmens proper. Because large and small dolmens are evenly distributed here, the site should provide good material for the study of Bronze Age burial customs and social structure.

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Where it is

Region

Sacheon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물