Pierre qui Tourne (Sautin)
Pierre qui Tourne are near a road crossing southwest of Sautin, part of the municipality of Sivry-Rance in the province of Hainaut in Belgium . In contrast to the singular name, there are two menhirs made of sandstone .
Edgar Simons, a Belgian researcher who wrote several articles on Belgian and Swiss megaliths with Willy Brou in the 1970s, reported that the stones originally lay on the ground and were called "les Pierres de Sart". They were erected in 1900. In 1937, both stones were used by archaeologists as polishing stones French polissoir ; classified.
The approximately 2.5 m high northeast stone had broken in two and was later attached with concrete. The approximately 2.2 m high southeast stone has a deep notch halfway up, which was probably created when it was used as a grindstone.
A legend tells that the stones turn on Christmas night.
To the west, near Solre-le-Château and Sars-Poteries , in the Nord department in France , are the menhirs "Les Pierres Martine" (in contrast to the name, it is a 3.0 m high, crooked menhir) and the 1.6 m high "Pierre de Dessus-Bise", both protected since 1862.
literature
- Willy Brou, Marcel Brou: Les mégalithes de Gaule Belgique: nos pierres et leurs legends 1988
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Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 7.7 ″ N , 4 ° 12 ′ 56.9 ″ E