Danyang Gakgi-ri Standing Stone, an artifact that shows how people lived during the Bronze Age

A standing stone, also known as a menhir, is an artifact that, along with dolmens, can tell us a lot about the lives of people who lived in the Bronze Age. They usually consist of a single or several large stone pillars set into the ground, and were used as boundary markers between tribes or as monuments of worship. The Gakgi-ri Standing Stone is a pair of two stones in different shapes that stand in pairs at the entrance of Gakgi-ri Village.

It is said that Gakgi-ri is called Gakgi-ri because two rocks rise like horns in front of the village.
The first stone is called Sutbawi Rock (Man Rock) because it has a triangular shape with pointed ends, and the second stone is called Ambawi Rock (Woman Rock) because it is small, evenly thick, and has a rounded top. Both stones 1 and 2 have a number of cup-marks on their front, and the size of the marks varies from 2.0 to 12 centimeters in diameter. In particular, there is an oval-shaped step around the perimeter of the No. 1 standing stone, which is believed to have been used for rituals.

The Gakgi-ri Standing stone is well characterized by clear gender distinctions and related morphological features, shows typical forms of standing stones such as large and small cup-marks, and is in a very good state of preservation, and is considered to be an important data for the study of megalithic culture.

- Designated date: October 25, 2002