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The largest dolmen in Hyosan-ri, Dogok-myeon, is 5.3 meters long, 3.6 meters wide, and 3.0 meters thick, which is estimated to be more than 100 tons. [19] The Hwasun Dolmen Site is listed as Historic Site #410. The Hwasun Dolmen site was registered as World Heritage No. 997 with Gochang and Ganghwa Dolmen on December 2, 2000. [20]
Gochang is the town with most dolmen sites in Korea. Some of the dolmens in Dosan-ri, Sanggap-ri and Maesan-ri are of the southern style, whereas most of those in the rest of North Jeolla-do Province are of the northern style.
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.)
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
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