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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]
Gochang County (Korean: 고창군; RR: Gochang-gun) is a county in Jeonbuk State, South Korea. It is a rural area, and is home to only one institution of higher education: Gochang Polytechnic College. Notable people from Gochang include the 20th-century poet Midang. The temple of Seonunsa is also located in Gochang.
The Ungok Wetland is surrounded by natural forest and the important dolmen monument in Gochang district. The wetland has high valued and potential of being utilized as ecology sight-seeing with the dolmen monument in Gochang which is designated as the world heritage. This Gochang dolmen is considered to be the biggest dolmen community in South ...
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]
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites: Incheon, North Jeolla, South Jeolla: 2000 977; iii (cultural) This site comprises three assemblies of dolmens, megalithic funerary monuments of the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures. Korea is home to the largest number of dolmens in the world.
In 2000, [18] the dolmen groups of Jukrim-ri and Dosan-ri in Gochang, Hyosan-ri and Daesin-ri in Hwasun, and Bujeong-ri, Samgeori and Osang-ri in Ganghwa gained World Cultural Heritage status. [19] See Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites .)
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites Gochang , Jeollabuk-do ; Hwasun , Jeollanam-do and Ganghwa , Incheon , South Korea 34°58′0″N 126°55′45″E / 34.96667°N 126.92917°E / 34.96667; 126.92917 ( Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen
A dolmen is a grave at the prehistoric age and a kind of megalithic monument. It is distributed all over the world and Korea is its center. There are about 19,000 only in Jeonnam. Hwasun is a representative center of dolmen and has about 2,000. Since 1988, the dolmen in Hwasun was designated as cultural asset. Present situation of Dolmens