This natural curiosity was discovered by John Chintauan several decades ago. He originally wanted to call it Soldiers' Ravine, because the stones, he said, looked lined up like soldiers ready to go into battle.
But after further research, he realized that the stones looked more like Russian dolls.
The nature reserve known as “ravin aux dolls” has only two hectares and is made up of a vertical wall with compact sands, on which we can observe marly clays, marls, and concretionary sandstones. These layers form all kinds of patterns, which look like dolls, mushrooms, and even animal heads.