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Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites

Korea, Republic of
Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (iii)
Koch’ang-gun County, Chollabuk-do Province; Hwasun-gun County, Chollanam-do Province; Kangwha-gun County, Inch’on Province
N34 58 0.012 E126 55 45.012
Ref: 977

Brief Description

The prehistoric cemeteries at Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa contain many hundreds of examples of dolmens - tombs from the 1st millennium BC constructed of large stone slabs. They form part of the Megalithic culture, found in many parts of the world, but nowhere in such a concentrated form.