Pierre Percée, Holed menhir in Draché, France

The Pierre percée is a holed menhir of meuliérised limestone standing nearly 4 m tall on a base of 1.70 × 1.40 m, the highest standing menhir in Indre-et-Loire. Its broad faces look west and east, and a natural hole 25 × 20 cm across pierces the upper part, 1.40 m below the top. A shallow groove crosses the face, and the buried foot reaches only about 60 cm down, without wedging blocks.

The menhir was erected in the second half of the third millennium BC, between 2500 and 2000 BC, though some archaeologists propose a wider range of 4000 to 2000 BC. Its erection is linked to the Artenacian culture, the last Neolithic culture of the region. Flint flakes without use-wear were found at its foot during excavations in 1910. It was classified as a monument historique on 29 April 1911.

The hole, 25 by 20 cm and more than 2.50 m above the ground, gave rise to several traditions. Area boys and girls came to exchange vows of fidelity, passing a bouquet through the opening, and a kiss through the hole was the prized gesture. Presenting a young child's head at the hole was thought to protect against scrofula. The name Pierre des Arabes is a phonetic distortion of Pierre des Érables, linked to a Tourangeau tradition placing the 732 Battle of Poitiers in Touraine.

The menhir stands northwest of Draché, on a path that forms the boundary between Draché and Maillé, close to the D910 (the former N10). It is set mid-slope on a hill at about 90 m altitude, with the summit 800 m to the southeast. The ground is grassy and uneven, and the stone is reached on foot along this old path.

The hole, 25 by 20 cm and set more than 2.50 m above the ground, is thought to be natural, caused by differential erosion of a heterogeneous rock. Local lore held that condemned men had to pass their heads through it before execution, and that a bouquet passed through the opening sealed a vow of fidelity.