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<< Our Photo Pages >> La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin - Polissoir in Belgium in Hainaut

Submitted by Alta-Falisa on Tuesday, 17 May 2005  Page Views: 8388

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
Country: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 15.47 km away from the location you searched for.

Province: Hainaut Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Beaumont  Nearest Village: Sautin
Latitude: 50.152167N  Longitude: 4.215823E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : Polissoirs. See detailed legends of each photo. NOTE : I'm working on it, folks !!!! (19.APR.2014 noon) (Vote or comment on this photo)
The site is called "La Pierre qui Tourne", which would imply one stone – but there are two.

The stone on the left, broken at mid-height then repaired, is called "Pierre qui Tourne". The stone on the right is called "Polissoir" (polishing stone). Both are made of landenian sandstone.
Strangely enough, the different narratives are sketchy and confusing ; we'll limit ourselves to a minimum.
It is generally said that they have been found in 1868, nearby (and near each other ?) – but no plausible spot(s) has (have) been identified.
They have been first investigated in 1878 by Mr Van Bastelaer, president of the Archaeological Society of Charleroi – but there is not much trace of any report about the stones proper.
They have been erected to their present location in 1897 ; the "Pierre qui Tourne" was broken during WWI and repaired in 1920 – but even all that is doubtful, as the two parts do not match : the "Pierre qui Tourne" might be made of two distinct polissoirs arbitrarily assembled to match the other stone, today called "Polissoir" (polishing stone).
To complicate matters, an inhabitant who, to this day, has always lived next to this spot, teenager during WWII, maintains that both stones were retrieved from the forest during WWII, and that the break and the repair date from that time.
Photo taken April 2014.
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La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : The Polissoir in the foreground, the"Pierre Qui Tourne" in the background. Further afield, the crossroad, serving as landmark. April 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : Two polissoirs. Please see close-ups of each item. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : In 1963, it was still common for postcards' editors to invite an inhabitant of the place to sit (or stand) for the photographer. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : The Customs Office and one of the stones (the polishing stone) in 1937. (Vote or comment on this photo)

La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : Pre-WWI. Probably the oldest photo of the two stones once re-erected in 1897/1898 at their present place. The editor Nels was active between 1898 and 1913.

La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : The "Pierre Qui Tourne", close-up on the assembly. April 2014.

La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : The Polissoir (on the right). April 2014.

La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : The "Pierre Qui Tourne" proper (on the left). April 2014.

La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin
La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin submitted by Alta-Falisa : September 2, 1944. Roland Rouleau, 18 yo. Jean-Marie Carion, 20 yo.

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Re: La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin by Alta-Falisa on Saturday, 26 April 2014
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The site is called "La Pierre qui Tourne", which would imply one stone – but there are two. The stone on the left, broken at mid-height then repaired, is called "Pierre qui Tourne". The stone on the right is called "Polissoir". Both are made of landenian sandstone.

Strangely enough, the different narratives are sketchy and confusing ; we'll limit ourselves to a minimum. To be noted that the region is scarcely populated.

It is generally believed (repeated) that they have been found in 1868, nearby (and near each other ?) – but no plausible spot(s) has (have) been identified.
They were first investigated in 1878, by MrVan Bastelaer, president of the Archaeological Society of Charleroi – but there is not much trace of any report about the strones proper.
They have been erected to their present location in 1897 ; the "Pierre qui Tourne" was broken during WWI and repaired in 1920 – but even all that is doubtful, as the two parts do not match : the "Pierre qui Tourne" might be made of two distinct polissoirs arbitrarily assembled to match the other stone, today called "Polissoir".
To complicate matters, an inhabitant who, to this day, has always lived next to this spot, teenager during WWII, maintains that both stones were retrieved from the forest during WWII, and that the break and the repair date from that time.
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Re: La Pierre Qui Tourne de Sautin by davidmorgan on Monday, 31 December 2012
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