FIÉVÈTERIE FARM AND VILLAGE OF EIX
Seen from the Verdun road.
shaped like a mortar, but the epitaph round it proves its sacred origin. The Ligier Richier group (1528) represents the Virgin Mary gazing on the dead body of Christ. It differs slightly from that of Clermont-en-Argonne, attributed to the same sculptor.
Beyond Etain, N. 18 crosses the Orne stream (photo, p. [141]) and the military defences of the town, of which several concrete works remain.
The road crosses Woëvre Plain. Shortly before reaching the level-crossing, before arriving at the railway station and village of Abaucourt, the Meuse Heights can clearly be seen on the horizon, at the end of Woëvre Plain (panorama above).