Hello. The Gochang Dolmen Site, the largest in South Korea, is located in Gochang County, North Jeolla Province, about 50 minutes northwest of Gwangju City, South Jeolla Province.
The Gochang Dolmen Site was discovered in 2000 in South Jeolla Province.HwasunCounty, Incheon Metropolitan CityGanghwaThe 447th district of Gochang-gun, along with the county, has been registered as a World Heritage Site, and a complex of dolmen sites has been developed into six areas. In Gochang, you can see a wide variety of dolmens, including the "Southern Style," which has a go-board style with megaliths placed on short stone pillars, the Northern Style, which has a table style, and the Lidstone Style, which has a cover stone placed directly on top of the stone chamber.
A total of about 1550 dolmens are scattered at the foot of the mountain for about 1.8 kilometers from east to west in the area including Jukrim-ri, where the Gochang Dolmen Museum is located, to Sangga-ri, Dosan-ri, Bongdeok-ri, and Ungok-ri.
Gochang Dolmen Course 1
Dolmen on the mountain ridge. There are a total of 53 dolmens and dolmen ruins in two clusters, with a variety of dolmens including table and goban style. The weight of the upper stone ranges from 4 tons to 53 tons.
Gochang Dolmen Course 2
A total of 41 dolmens and their remains are clustered on the flat land, including some very heavy dolmens, such as the top stone weighing 169 tons.
Gochang Dolmen Course 6 There are five types of dolmens, including table-type, goban-type, and covered stone-type, including a typical northern-style table-type dolmen with an upper stone weighing about 5 tons.Dolmen in Sanri, Gochang-do
Gochang Dolmen Museum
The three-story dolmen museum, which opened in 2008, has a special exhibition room on the first floor and a permanent exhibition room on the second floor that recreates the lives of people who lived in the Gochang area during the Bronze Age and displays the history and distribution of Gochang dolmens in an easy-to-understand manner.
On the third floor there is an experience learning room, and in the outdoor exhibition area there is a prehistoric village from the Bronze Age where visitors can experience dolmens for themselves.
| spot name | Gochang Dolmen Ruins/Gochang Dolmen Museum 고창고인돌유적・고창고인돌박물관 |
| Address | 74, Goindol Park-gil, Gochang-eup, Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do 74 |
| Phone | 063-560-8666 |
| Viewing time | ※ There are no Gochang dolmen sites. ※コインドル博物館(3～10月)9：00～18：00、(11～2月)9：00～17：00 |
| Usage Fees | Coin Dollar Museum Adults: 3,000 won Coindol Exploration Train First train 10:30 Departs every hour Adults 1 won |
| Time | Bronze Age, 1000 BC to 100 BC |
| Specified | On November 2000, 11, it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Ganghwa and Hwasun Dolmen. |
| Holiday | None *Museum closed on Mondays and January 1st |
| Related websites | http://www.gochang.go.kr/gcdolmen/index.gochang |
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