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With an estimated 35,000 dolmens, Korea alone accounts for nearly 40% of the world’s total. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The largest distribution of these is on the west coast area of South Korea , an area that would eventually become host to the Mahan confederacy and be united under the rule of the ancient kingdom of Baekje at one time.
This site of dolmens contains the largest and most varied group. [1] They are known as the Jungnim-ri dolmens and are centered in Maesan village, Gochang County, North Jeolla province. [14] The dolmens were built from east to west at the foot of a series of hills at an altitude of 15 to 50 meters/49 feet to 164 feet.
Dolmens were built in Korea from the Bronze Age to the early Iron Age, with about 40,000 to be found throughout the peninsula. [18] 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]
Interior of the dolmen, looking outwards. The Dolmen of Menga (Spanish: Dolmen de Menga) is a megalithic burial mound called a tumulus, a long barrow form of dolmen, dating from 3750–3650 BCE approximately.
Articles relating to dolmens, a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more vertical megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (4000–3000 BC) and were sometimes covered with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus .
The smallest simple dolmens occur on the Danish island of Zealand, where the ratio of length-to-breadth of the southern half of the island (Dolmen of Jyderup) (1.7 x 0.6 m) is even less in the north. This small size led researchers such as Hans-Jürgen Beier, to refuse to give simple dolmens the status of a megalithic site.
Hirapur dolmens (Marathi: हिरापूर मांडवगोटा), dating back to 2nd-3rd century BC asmaka mahajanapadas or satavahana dynasty era, [1] are 4 dolmens (burial chambers) made of megalithic (large stones) laterite (type of stone) in the general area of Hirapur village on NH-930 in Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district of Maharashtra.
A total of 57 dolmens and grave sites were identified, including seven dolmens with the upper stone in its original position and ten dolmens without the upper stone. Approximately one-third of the 57 graves were dolmens. Similar dolmens have been found in the Korean Peninsula. About half of the graves were excavated, and half of these contained ...