Gocheok-dong Dolmen

This description was machine-translated from the Korea Tourism Organization's Korean original.

This is a Bronze Age tomb located in Gocheok-dong, Guro-gu. It stands within the grounds of Sinjeong-ri Earthen Fortress, a Three Kingdoms–period earthen fortress on the hill behind Gocheok High School. This dolmen was first discovered in 1998 by a Seoul National University survey team; subsequent investigations by professors in related fields noted that no stones of the same form as the capstone exist around it, suggesting that it appears to have been moved from its original position. Although it is not large in scale, a stone chamber has been identified, and the arrangement of supporting stones and related features leads to the inference that it is a dolmen. The Gocheok-dong Dolmen is the only dolmen in Guro-gu and, together with nearby sites such as the Gocheok-dong Artifact Scatter Site, provides valuable material for understanding the cultural landscape of the surrounding area in the Bronze Age. As this place is on the Guro Olle Trail course, it is also nice to take a light walk and look around together.