Sailly-en-Ostrevent is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais department in the
Hauts-de-France region of
France
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.
Geography
Sailly-en-Ostrevent lies about east of Arras, at the junction of the D39 and D43 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Albin, rebuilt along with much of the village after
World War I
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.
* The
cromlech
A cromlech (sometimes also spelled "cromleh" or "cromlêh"; cf Welsh ''crom'', "bent"; ''llech'', "slate") is a megalithic construction made of large stone blocks. The word applies to two different megalithic forms in English, the first being an ...
of Les Bonnettes.
In the fields of the commune stands a mound about five metres high, on which are erected five (there were once seven) large stones (
dolmen or
menhir
A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be found ...
). The last excavations took place in 1887 but no clues or evidence was discovered as to the origins of the monument.
See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
Image:Bonnettes02.jpg, The mound
Image:Bonnettes01.jpg, Another angle
Saillyenostrevent
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