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Hwasun Dolmen site is located in the valleys around the Jiseokgang River, [1] which connects Hyosan-ri, Dogok-myeon, and Dasin-ri, Chunyang-myeon. The dolmen scattered around Hyosan-ri, Dogok-myeon is estimated to be the dolmen of 135 out of a total of 980 stone structures. These dolmens are less well preserved than the Jungnim-ri group. [17]
It was inferred that the dolmen was originally composed of four vertical megaliths, but one had disappeared due to unknown circumstances. [4] The second dolmen has a smaller top stone, with a length of 4.4 meters (14 feet). Compared to the first dolmen, it is in a state of worse preservation; the supporting vertical stones have all collapsed.
The dolmen in Ganghwa is a northern-type, table-shaped dolmen and is the biggest stone of this kind in South Korea, measuring 2.6 by 7.1 by 5.5 m (8.5 by 23.3 by 18.0 ft). [6] There are many sub-types and different styles. [9] Southern type dolmens are associated with burials but the reason for building northern style dolmens is uncertain. [5]
The Shinmachi Dolmen Cluster (新町支石墓群) is an archaeological site with a Yayoi period cemetery containing numerous dolmens, located in the city of Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2000.
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The entrance location and size determines, ultimately, whether the structure is a passage grave or a dolmen (J. Ross). In the Netherlands ( Drenthe ), where this form is very common, structures with no passages are known as portal graves; which otherwise, as portal tombs form a sub-group of megalithic tombs on the British Isles but structurally ...
Based on differences in their construction, it is possible to distinguish two main types of dolmen: 1. dolmens of stone plates and mound; 2. boulder dolmens. Dolmens of stone plates are structures consisting of a mound of stones and soil, with a stone chamber attached to it. Usually there is a square court in front of such dolmens.
The Harayama Dolmen Cluster is located in the highlands at an elevation of about 250 meters, which extends from Mount Unzen in the southwestern part of the Shimabara Peninsula. It is a communal graveyard from the late Jōmon period, and archaeological excavations were carried out in parts of it in the 1950s and 1960s.