Goheung Docheon-ri Dolmen Group

A dolmen is a representative tomb type of the Bronze Age, also called a goindol, generally understood to be the grave of a ruling class holding 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 topped with a huge, flat capstone, and the go-board (baduk) type, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones set beneath the capstone. On a low hill at the foot of the Woraksan Mountain ridge in Docheok-ri, Gwayeok-myeon, Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, dolmens are densely clustered to the north and south of a road running between them. To the north, 8 of an original 13 dolmens survive, the largest measuring 2.8 m long and 2.35 m wide. To the south, 37 dolmens are arranged with no clear order, some of them damaged. Overall they form four rows along the ridge, with the larger dolmens positioned in the middle of each row. By size, 2 dolmens measure 3 m or more, 17 smaller ones measure 2–3 m, and the rest are smaller still. The dolmens here are well preserved, and pottery fragments have been found in the surrounding area.

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Where it is

Region

Goheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료