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The "caillou qui bique" (leaning stone) at Honnelle
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UTM coordinates : 31U 550877E 5576956N

Of + /-25 meters of height, this pudding stone (sediment of hard rocks) of about 400 million years old (Emsian stage (Em3) of the lower Devonian), evokes strangely a human profile (picture 1).

caillou qui bique Honnelle
caillou qui bique Honnelle

References :

http://www.portail-svt.com/index-caillou.htm (field trip)

http://www.pnhp.be/html/fr/curiosites.html (the legend of the "caillou-qui-bique")


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