Naju Sinpo-ri Dolmen Group

Dolmens are the representative tombs of the Bronze Age, also called goindol, and are known mainly as the graves of a ruling class holding economic wealth or political power. Korean dolmens are divided into the table-type (takja-sik), in which four supporting stones are set upright to form a stone chamber topped with a huge flat capstone, and the go-board-type (badukpan-sik), in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones set beneath the capstone. Jeollanam-do has the largest concentration of dolmens in the country, with more than 20,000 known to date. The Naju Sinpo-ri dolmen group, comprising more than 30 dolmens, lies on the eastern slope of Bonguisan Mountain, which rises from the flat hilly terrain along the southern bank of the Yeongsangang River. Centred on the largest dolmen, a go-board-type example supported by small stones, measuring 5m in length and 3.1m in width, other dolmens with capstones roughly 2–4m long are scattered around it. This group of dolmens provides important evidence that many people lived in this area during the Bronze Age.

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Where it is

Region

Naju, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물