Menhir Pierre Saint-Nicolas, Bruyères-le-Châtel

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Menhir Broken at "Pierre Saint-Nicolas" Site\nLocated at the center of a hill in the Bruyeres-Le-Chatel Castle Park, this 20-meter diameter and 2-meter high mound has been likened to a tumulus. Archaeologists claim to have unearthed iron age artifacts from it.\nIt is a large slate slab made of ferruginous sparnacian rock from the early Eocene geological era. This type of slate is much older than the stampien limestone commonly used in the region for building menhirs, making it unique throughout the department.\nThe sub-rectangular shape measures approximately 2 meters 20 centimeters tall and 2 meters 30 centimeters wide, with a average thickness of 25 centimeters. It was aligned north-south and had a face pressed into the ground described as deeply vertically grooved.\nStill standing in the 1970s, it will be stabilized by a concrete slab, but several years later, forestry work will cause its final fall. A storm will complete the job by knocking down the tree that breaks it into seven pieces, six of which remain in place today.