gochang, hwasun and ganghwa
states: [korea south]
category: cultural
year: 2000
location: Gochang-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province; Hwasun-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province; Ganghwa-gun County, Incheon Metropolitan City
region: Asia and the Pacific
latitude/longitude: 34.9666700000, 126.9291700000
visited: 2018
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.
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