World Heritages
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
- Designation : Historic Relic No. 410(Designated on Sept. 17, 1998)
- Address : Hoysan-ri, Dogok-myeon ~ Daesin-ri, Chunyang-myeon, Hwasun-gun
- Designated area : 2,191,767㎡(about 663,000 pyeong)
- Quantity : Daesin-ri, Chunyang - 319 Hyosan-ri, Dogok - 277 Total 596
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