Wéris, the Belgian Stonehenge (6)

Wéris is a megalithic site in the south of Belgium and is known as the ‘Belgian Stonehenge’.

Of course it can not really be compared to with the very impressive Stonehenge monument in the UK, but there are quite some many interesting prehistoric relics, graves and monuments to be seen.

Scientists even think that, in the prehistorical Bronze Age, Wéris might well has been one of the most important megalithic centers on the European continent.

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Those 5 menhirs (1 lies unfortunately down on the ground) form the gateway to the Southern dolmen (see my previous picture).

Scientists suspect that they were setup to protect the tomb from ‘evil spirits’.

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