The site is said to be over 400 years old, some of the megaliths are as high as 5 meters

Photos show the "kompleks menhir" in Bori', it is a so-called "rante", a place where the concluding phase of the funeral rites is celebrated. The total number of megaliths is 102 divided into 24 tall ones, 24 of medium size and 54 small ones. The height of these ceremonial stones called "simbuang batu" and the number of buffalos sacrificed reflects the social status of the deceased person for whom they were erected. The oldest verbal report (the Toraja were illiterate so there are no written records) goes back to the year 1657 when more than 100 buffalos were slaughtered and 2 tall stones set up in honour of the deceased Ne' Ramba'. Five "simbuang batu" were erected and more than 200 buffalos sacrificed during the funeral rites for Ne' Padda' in 1807. The last stones were put up in 1962 in memory of Ne' Lai.

The largest menhir at Bori took 1500 people consuming 100 pigs and one buffalo every day for a week to move it over a distance of two kilometers. The stone was over 5 meters tall. Making the largest menhirs at Bori required 4-10 workers a full year working every day. During this time they were fed and lodged at the work site. Raising the menhir was reported to have been accompanied by the sacrifice of 1000 pigs and over 24 buffaloes; refer to the page "The monoliths of the Toraja".

	The original setting of this place - and many other so-called obyek wisata - has been changed considerably for the sake of tourism. The place has been tidied up, cleaned and surrounded by a well-kept hedge and an immaculate garden. And they charge an admission fee for the privilege of going inside. As a visitor puts it: "Charging entrance fees is one thing, but ruining the natural setting of a historical site to make it more appealing - and more hidden from non-paying passers by - doesn't get my vote". The photo at the left taken in 1912  shows the field of Bori' before it was spoilt for tourist purposes. The finest and most authentic ceremonial field in Tana Toraja is Rante Tendan in Balusu.