Name: Dolmen in Tonghyun-li, Yeoncheon Appointment Category : Cultural Property Resource No. 52 Location: Tonghyun-li 339-1, 88, Yeoncheon-eup, Yeoncheon-gun Date of Appointment: Sep. 19, 1983

About Cultural Properties
It is a table shaped dolmen, which is typical of Bronze Age, made of basalt, and located at the entrance of Gopo-li, near the national high way 3 between Jeongok and Yeoncheon. Dolmen is the representative tomb of Bronze Age, which can be divided into table(northern style), checker board(foundation style), and open(baseless) styles.

This table shaped dolmen has a room with 4 foundation stones on the ground with large cover stone(open stone) on it. Shield stones for both sides are now gone, only two foundation stones remain. Stones used in dolmen are basalt that can be easily found in the area, which were majorly trimmed as cover stones and foundation stones.

Cover stone is in rectangular shape, 3.4 m in length, 2.2m in width, 0.4m in thickness, and placed long in south and north directions.

The cover stone is partially smashed. It is 1.5 m tall from its top to bottom, and its foundation stone in the east side is 0.97m tall, that in the west side is 0.7m tall, and 0.17~0.42m in thickness. Width between foundation stones is 0.7~0.8m, and the height of foundation stone exterior is 1.2m. There are many findings of dolmen in the area of Tonghyun-li, Eundae-li, and Yangwon-li in Yeoncheon-eup, which have academic significance.