Goheungyudullideogam Hermitage Dolmen Group

Dolmens (jiseongmyo), also known as goindol, are representative tombs of the Bronze Age, generally understood to have been built for a ruling class with economic wealth or political power. Dolmens in Korea are divided into two types: the table-type (takja-sik), in which four supporting stones form a stone chamber topped by a massive, flat capstone, and the baduk-board-type (badukpan-sik), in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones set beneath the capstone. This dolmen site comprises about 60 dolmens on the summit of a hill south of Donggang-myeon and a further 180 or so on the surrounding flatland, suggesting that a large settlement was formed in this area during the Bronze Age. Many of the dolmens have their capstones resting directly on the ground, while some still retain their supporting stones, and in places broken capstones lie stacked on one another. At the centre of the dolmens stands a single standing stone (seondol), 3.8m high and 2m wide. It is not certain whether the standing stone was erected at the same time as the dolmens, but it is notable for having survived alongside them as part of the same megalithic culture.

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Where it is

Region

Goheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물