Discover the megaliths and puddingstone around Wéris

Alternating between forest and countryside, the hike takes you on a journey of discovery to some of the megaliths in the region. You will see two magnificent dolmens and a few blocks of puddingstone, some standing and some lying down.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.82 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Difficult

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 1,181 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 1,168 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,316 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 781 ft

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Description of the walk

(9) You can shorten the hike by a few kilometres by turning left at the Saint-Martin church in Oppagne.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 1,220 ft - Rideux Pass
  2. 1 : mi 0.42 - alt. 1,286 ft - Al Voye dè Plain
  3. 2 : mi 1.26 - alt. 991 ft - Aux Écoulées crossroads
  4. 3 : mi 2 - alt. 889 ft - Cross
  5. 4 : mi 3.01 - alt. 794 ft - Path
  6. 5 : mi 3.65 - alt. 804 ft - Rue des Dolmens
  7. 6 : mi 4.65 - alt. 889 ft - Dolmen
  8. 7 : mi 5.15 - alt. 951 ft - Rue Soussy
  9. 8 : mi 5.57 - alt. 978 ft - Edge of the woods
  10. 9 : mi 5.96 - alt. 1,043 ft - Saint-Martin Church in Oppagne
  11. 10 : mi 6.7 - alt. 863 ft - Rue de Ny
  12. 11 : mi 7.31 - alt. 912 ft - Power lines
  13. 12 : mi 8.08 - alt. 1,053 ft - Cross in Oppagne
  14. 13 : mi 8.72 - alt. 1,142 ft - Football pitches
  15. 14 : mi 9.78 - alt. 1,266 ft - Star-shaped fork
  16. 15 : mi 10.65 - alt. 856 ft - Intersection
  17. 16 : mi 11.39 - alt. 1,253 ft - Main road
  18. S/E : mi 11.82 - alt. 1,220 ft - Rideux Pass

Notes

There are no shops or water points along the route.
There are quite a few benches and picnic tables.

Worth a visit

Several megaliths slightly off the route: the Devil's Bed, the Haina Stone, the Morville Menhir, the Menhirs of Champ de la Longue Pierre and Danthine, the three menhirs of Oppagne, and the Saint-Nicolas Stone.
Megalith Museum in the centre of Wéris.
Hary Cot's house at 32 Rue des Dolmens.

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