Dolmen Group in Sangjeong-ri, Uiryeong

Dolmens are the representative tombs of the Bronze Age, also called goindol, and are known mainly as the tombs 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 up to form a stone chamber with a huge flat capstone placed on top, and the go-board (baduk-board) type, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones set beneath a capstone. In the field in front of Hwajeong Middle School in Sangjeong-myeon, a total of seven dolmens are scattered about, of which Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 stand in the middle of paddy fields. No. 1 has a flat capstone measuring 2.9 m in length and 2.5 m in width, with supporting stones set beneath it. The capstone of No. 2 measures 2.7 m in length and 1.6 m in width, No. 3 measures 2.0 m in length and 1.6 m in width, and No. 4 measures 1.3 m in length and 0.9 m in width. The remaining three dolmens, known as the Oechilseong (Outer Seven Stars) dolmens, are located toward Seokcheon. No. 5 measures 2.4 m in length and 1.5 m in width, No. 6 measures 2.1 m in length and 1.7 m in width, and No. 7 measures 2.6 m in length and 1.4 m in width. In addition, there is a dolmen called Naechilseong (Inner Seven Stars) among the houses of Sangjeong-ri, but it has now lost much of its original form. Since plain coarse pottery and other items have been found in large numbers on the ridge to the east of the site, this area is thought to be a large-scale Bronze Age site where dwelling sites and dolmens exist together in a complex.

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Where it is

Region

Uiryeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물