It was belatedly known that public institutions damaged dolmens, the tombs of the ruling class of the Bronze Age, with surveying equipment.
According to Changwon City and the National Changwon University Museum on the 26th, the Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of the Korea Land Information Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Korea Land Information Corporation) planted a 10cm "intellectual Dogeun Point" in the first dolmen (Jiseokmyo) in Bongsan-ri, Dong-eup, Uichang-gu, Changwon-si on October 21.
The cadastral point of view refers to a reference point installed on a flat surface for the measurement of buildings or land.
The Korea Land Information Corporation recently caused controversy by placing an intellectual root point on the dolmen to conduct a land survey while conducting an intellectual re-examination.
An official from the Korea Land Information Corporation explained, "The deceased stone was in a field that was private, and there was no information to announce cultural heritage nearby, so we thought it was just a big rock and proceeded with the work. If we had known it was a deceased stone, we would not have proceeded with this work."
According to the Changwon University Museum's cultural heritage distribution map, the damaged dolmens are believed to be the tombs of the ruling class of the Bronze Age, with a headstone length of 350cm, a width of 285cm, and a thickness of 35-75cm. Among the eight dolmens distributed in Bongsan-ri, Dong-eup, it is one of the largest.
Although excavations were conducted at the Gimhae Museum from 2006 to 2007, they were neglected as non-designated cultural heritage that was not subject to institutional protection. In particular, it was confirmed that there were traces of damage before, such as a mark to remove the stone from the upper stone.
"The dolmens distributed in Dong-eup are important archaeological data that gather the tomb styles of the Bronze Age ruling class, but it is regrettable that they are not managed because they are non-designated cultural heritage and are damaged by public institutions," an official at Changwon University Museum said. "Related measures should be followed."
The National Land Information Corporation said it would restore the damaged dolmens, and Changwon City plans to prevent damage from occurring again.
Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.
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