Near Arleux

 On this page:
Oisy-le-Verger: "Le Gros Caillou" , Hamel: "Pierre-à-Chavattes" , Lécluse: "Pierre du Diable" , Sailly-en-Ostrevent: "Les Bonnettes"

Oisy-le-Verger

This 3 meters high raw sandstone is standing in the middle of a swamp.
 The irregular form is natural from origin.

"Le Gros Caillou" - Oisy-le-Verger

"Le Gros Caillou" - Oisy-le-Verger

"Le Gros Caillou" - Oisy-le-Verger

"Le Gros Caillou" - Oisy-le-Verger

Hamel

"Pierre-à-Chavattes" or "Dolmen du Bois",
Upon a hill, the badly restored remains of a passage tomb.

"Pierre-à-Chavattes" - Hamel

"Pierre-à-Chavattes" - Hamel

"Pierre-à-Chavattes" - Hamel

Lécluse

"La Pierre du Diable" or "the Devil's Stone"
 This broken standing stone is dominating the right bank of the river "La Sensée".
His height of 3m20 made it the highest standing stone in the region.

"Pierre du Diable" - Lécluse

Originally this standing stone measured a height about 4m90, alas it broke into two peaces during the First World War.
Whit another meter under ground this sandstone megalith was once almost 6 meter large. 
The standing stone originate Late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age.

"Pierre du Diable" - Lécluse

Sailly-en-Ostrevent

"Les Sept Bonnettes" or "The Seven Beauties"
A stonecircle upon a 5 meter high man-made hill.

"Les Sept Bonnettes" - Sailly-en-Ostrevent

In origin the monument was built up whit 6 stone in a circle around a central stone.
Actually only five sandstones, 80 to 90 cm high, are still standing, the central stone in disappeared.

"Les Sept Bonnettes" - Sailly-en-Ostrevent

Remarkable are the protruding tops, may be they once supported a wooden construction.
Earlier this monument was also called "Signal aux Feux" (Fire Signal). Possibly Druids made signal-fires over here. The monument is dated as early Bronze Age, but it also can be originated in the Iron Age.

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