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1 foot in thickness. In other respects dolmens of a 
somewhat similar form have thus far only been found 
in Asia in two places far distant from Korea—in West 
India and in Syria. 
“The dolmen of Korea may be considered as inter- 
mediate in form between a cist and a dolmen. In the size 
of its chamber it resembles a cist, whilst its large capstone 
gives to it the characteristic feature of a megolithic dolmen. 
* * These dolmens are entirely distinct from those of 
Japan. There are no free-standing dolmens in that coun- 
try: all are more or less completely covered by mounds. 
Japanese dolmens, too, either possess a distinct chamber, 
which is approached by a gallery of greater or less length, 
and narrower than the chamber itself, or more rarely they 
are of the form known as ‘Allée couverte,’ in which the 
space enclosed by the side stones resembles a long gallery 
of considerable dimensions.” 
Mr Gowland hence comes to the conclusion that 
Korean dolmens were built by an early tribe, ancestors of 
the present Koreans, and subsequent to the migration 
of the Japanese. 
He adds that it is important to record that these rude 
sepulchral monuments are not surrounded by circles 
of standing stones, which indeed never occur either in 
Korea or Japan. 
