Nonsan Singi-ri Dolmen

Jiseongmyo, also called goindol (dolmens), are the representative tombs of the Bronze Age and are generally understood to be the graves of a ruling class with economic wealth or political power. Korea's dolmens are divided into the table-style type, in which four support stones are set up to form a stone chamber topped with a huge, flat capstone, and the baduk-board (checkerboard) style, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small support stones set beneath a capstone. The dolmens at Singi-ri in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do, form a group combining both the table style and the baduk-board style. In 1965, a survey by the National Museum of Korea found two table-style dolmens, and subsequent surveys have since confirmed a total of 15 dolmens at the site. The dolmens here are mostly of the baduk-board style; the larger examples measure 3 m in length and 1.5 m in width, while the smaller ones are around 1.5 m. With its overlapping hills suited to hunting and its abundance of water and fruit suited to a natural life of hunting and gathering, the area is thought to have been a favourable place for prehistoric people to live.

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Where it is

Region

Nonsan, Chungnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료