The stones
Huge and flat.
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The Gochang Dolmen Site is a large group of ancient stone tombs in Gochang County, South Korea, part of the Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. A dolmen is a huge flat stone laid on supporting stones, used to mark the graves of the ruling elite and for rituals in the first millennium BC. The Korean peninsula has more than 35,000 dolmens, about 40 percent of the world's total, and the three sites hold more than a thousand. Pottery, jewellery and stone and bronze tools have been found in them. You see huge flat grey stones covered in moss, some raised on small stones and some resting on the ground, scattered over a green grassy hillside. Low wooden fences and paths surround them, pine forest lies behind, and the site has a small museum. It is about 4 km from the town of Gochang in a straight line. Walking among the dolmens is easy; do not climb the stones.
Huge and flat.
Green grass.
Small.
Gochang, North Jeolla, South Korea
A huge flat stone on supports, marking elite graves.
More than 35,000.