Yongdu-dong Dolmen

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 or political power. Korean dolmens are divided into the table type, in which four supporting stones are set up to form a stone chamber topped with 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 Yongdu-dong dolmens in Gwangju are arranged in three rows running north to south; ten remain in intact form today, and, judging from the number of supporting stones scattered nearby that once held up capstones, it is thought that two or three more originally stood here. Of the ten dolmens, one is a table-type dolmen, rare for the Jeollanam-do region, while the rest are of the go-board type. The capstone of the table-type dolmen measures 1.5 m long and 0.65 m wide and is supported by three stones; it appears to have been brought from Songaksan Mountain, 1 km away. A total of 103 dolmens have been found across Gwangju, and it is notable that only one table-type dolmen was found among them, here at this site.

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Where it is

Region

Seo-gu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료