Unique dans notre région, le dolmen que l'on peut encore trouver à Gomery est, avec celui de Wéris, la seule tombe collective de cette époque en Belgique. L'existence d'une "grosse pierre", émergeant du sol, était connue depuis de nombreuses années. Les habitants de Gomery l'appelaient d'ailleurs "le morceau d'étoile". En 1966, Jean Bailleux de Gomery, le mit au jour. Ce dolmen du second millénaire avant J.C. se compose d'un gros bloc de pierre de Stonne reposant sur quatre supports. A cet endroit, diverses fouilles ont été réalisées. Elles ont permis de mettre au jour différents objets tels qu'un grand couteau, un fragment de hache polie, des pointes de flèches ainsi que des tessons. Ces tessons font d'ailleurs penser à l'âge de Fer.
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