Sancheong Teungni Dolmen Group

Dolmens are the representative tombs of the Bronze Age, also known as goindol, and are generally understood to have been the burial places of a ruling class with economic wealth or political power. Korean dolmens are divided into the table-type, in which four supporting stones are set upright to form a stone chamber topped with a massive flat capstone, and the go-board type, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones placed beneath the capstone. The dolmen remains here are found scattered through the fields and farmhouses of Teungni Sapyeong village, which lies along the banks of the Geumhogang River. A group of 35 capstones has been identified at the site, and pottery fragments thought to date from the Neolithic period have also been found nearby. Given the site's location on the alluvial plain of the Geumhogang River, there remains a possibility that the remains of contemporary dwelling sites, as well as further dolmens, may yet be discovered. This dolmen site is valued as important material, being a rare example of a large-scale dolmen group found in the inland areas of Gyeongsangnam-do.

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Where it is

Region

Sancheong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물