Gurye Jungma-ri Dolmen Group

Dolmens are representative tombs of the Bronze Age, also called goindol, known mainly as the burial sites of ruling elites who held economic wealth or political power. Korean dolmens are classified into the table type, in which four support stones are erected 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 support stones set beneath a capstone. The area where the dolmens stand is a natural levee formed by sediment deposited through the flooding of the Seomjingang River, and the surrounding land is cultivated as paddy fields. The Jungma-ri dolmens, numbering 25 in total, are arranged in three rows running in the direction of the Seomjingang River's flow. Although some are buried in the ground or damaged, they are on the whole in relatively good condition. Among the dolmens here, the larger ones have four to five support stones each. The largest of these has a capstone measuring 3.4m in length and 2.9m in width, with four support stones placed beneath it; standing at the centre of the group, it plays the most central role.

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Where it is

Region

Gurye, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료