Sinan Anjwabangwol-ri Dolmen Group

Dolmens, known in Korean as goindol, are a representative form of tomb from the Bronze Age and are generally regarded as the burial places of a ruling class with economic wealth or political power. Korean dolmens fall into two types: the table-type, in which four supporting stones form a chamber topped by a huge flat capstone, and the go-board type, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones, over which the capstone is placed. Jeollanam-do has the densest concentration of dolmens in the country, with more than around 20,000 found to date. In Anjwa-myeon, Sinan-gun alone, 47 dolmens are known. This dolmen, in Bangwol-ri, Anjwa-myeon, is a go-board type standing beside a village road and measures 3.75 m in length and 2.6 m in width. Three further dolmens stand at a nearby house, and artefacts including stone knives, stone chisels and stone axes have been excavated from the site. The village originally had seven dolmens, known as Chilseongbawi (Seven Stars Rocks), of which only four survive today.

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Where it is

Region

Sinan, Jeonnam & Gwangju

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료