The area is not fenced, so you are able to visit as long as there is sunlight. They are mostly capstone types with 2-3 go-table types as highlights. Other than that, you just follow the foot path along the road and look out for sparse information plates that explain the most important dolmen. There is a parking lot and a small (closed when I arrived) information center. But it is actually rather close to the Unjusa Temple TWHS, a must see in Korea in my opinion. I guess not many have visited the site due to it’s off the path location. While Gochang is a very “commercialized” dolmen site, with entry fee, museum, map and shuttle bus, Hwasun is different. It is rather poorly signposted, so ask if you are not sure. The most beautiful table type dolmen however is on the museum side of the river. On the right side you will find some beautiful go-board type and table type dolmen. The left side after the river are primitive capstone type dolmen. The area is rather big and stretches into three directions. You start your visit with a museum that displays the life in times of these dolmens with live size figures. It is not ideally located, but at least there are two Seowons nearby. Gochang is probable the main site among the three. Unlike most others I did not visit Ganghwa (easy one for a revisit to Korea) but went for Gochang and Hwasun. Visit February 2020 - Dolmen sites are generally not too appealing for me, but in a land full of temples and palaces, they were a nice disruption.
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