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The Menhir de la Pierre à l'Abbé is a megalithic monument located in Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny, in the Aube department, in the Grand Est region. Dated from the Neolithic, it is 1.54 m high for 1.87 m wide at the base and 0.60 m thick. Its widest face is east-facing, with flatness and depression in its upper part. Originally, it was larger, but underwent partial flow around 1930, reducing its current size.

Menhir was listed as a historic monument in 1993, recognizing its heritage importance. It testifies to the practices and beliefs of neolithic societies, which erected these stones for reasons that are still partially mysterious, probably linked to territorial rituals or markings. These monuments were often integrated into organized landscapes, reflecting a complex social and symbolic structure.

The stone, located on the cadastre under reference F 353, is today a tangible vestige of this distant era. Its present state, although modified by human interventions in the 20th century, still allows us to study the techniques of size and erection used by prehistoric communities. The approximate location of the site is documented, with accuracy considered satisfactory by available sources.

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