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 "excerpt": "Tumulus of Noville: a Gallo-Roman burial mound near Noville, Liège province, Belgium, listed in the Pleiades gazetteer and Megalithic Portal; distinct from Noville sites in Vaud (Switzerland) and Galicia (Spain).",
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 "markdown": "# Tumulus of Noville\n\nThe **Tumulus of Noville** is a Gallo-Roman burial mound near Noville, in Liège province, Belgium.<sup>[1](https://pleiades.stoa.org/indexes-old/index-by-select-time-periods/roman/tumulus?b_start%3Aint=40)</sup> It belongs to the group of Gallo-Roman tumuli recorded in the Belgian countryside, alongside examples such as the [Tumulus of Noirmont](https://www.edgepedia.org/tumulus-of-noirmont) at Chastre, the [Tumulus of Vissoul](https://www.edgepedia.org/tumulus-of-vissoul), and the [Tumulus of Xhendremael](https://www.edgepedia.org/tumulus-of-xhendremael).<sup>[1](https://pleiades.stoa.org/indexes-old/index-by-select-time-periods/roman/tumulus?b_start%3Aint=40)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Subject | A Gallo-Roman tumulus (burial mound) near Noville, Belgium<sup>[1](https://pleiades.stoa.org/indexes-old/index-by-select-time-periods/roman/tumulus?b_start%3Aint=40)</sup> |\n| Location | Noville, Liège province, Belgium<sup>[2](https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?map=2&sid=53615)</sup> |\n| Cultural classification | Listed by the Megalithic Portal under Iron Age and Later Prehistory<sup>[2](https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?map=2&sid=53615)</sup> |\n| Period listing | Included in Pleiades' index of places of the Roman, early Empire period (30 BC-AD 300)<sup>[1](https://pleiades.stoa.org/indexes-old/index-by-select-time-periods/roman/tumulus?b_start%3Aint=40)</sup> |\n| Related monuments | Gallo-Roman tumuli at Chastre, Vissoul, Xhendremael, and the Twee Tommen pair near Monte Aachen<sup>[1](https://pleiades.stoa.org/indexes-old/index-by-select-time-periods/roman/tumulus?b_start%3Aint=40)</sup> |\n\n## Identification and setting\n\nThe monument is cataloged in the Pleiades digital gazetteer of ancient places as the \"Tumulus of Noville\", described as a Gallo-Roman tumulus near Noville, Belgium; the entry was created by Jeffrey Becker and last modified in December 2024.<sup>[1](https://pleiades.stoa.org/indexes-old/index-by-select-time-periods/roman/tumulus?b_start%3Aint=40)</sup> The Megalithic Portal carries the site under the name \"Tumulus de Noville\", places it in Liège, and classifies it under Iron Age and Later Prehistory.<sup>[2](https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?map=2&sid=53615)</sup> A local heritage publication, the Chronique de Waremme, also maintains a page devoted to the tumulus under the same name.<sup>[3](https://chronique-de-waremme.be/tag/tumulus-de-noville/)</sup>\n\nGallo-Roman tumuli of this kind are artificial mounds raised over burials, a form of funerary architecture with a wide distribution in the Roman provinces of western Europe.<sup>[4](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440308000927)</sup>\n\n## Distinct places of the same name\n\nThe name Noville attaches to several unrelated archaeological subjects, and the tumulus should not be confused with them. Noville in the canton of [Vaud](https://www.edgepedia.org/vaud), Switzerland, is the location of protohistoric and Gallo-Roman remains at the Canal du Haut-Lac, excavated in 2018, whose significance lies in sediment deformation caused by the Tauredunum landslide and tsunami of 563 AD rather than in any burial mound.<sup>[5](https://www.archeodunum.com/Notice_site/noville-546/)</sup> Noville in Mugardos, Galicia, Spain, is a Roman maritime villa of the 3rd and 4th centuries AD on the south shore of the ria of Ferrol, for which the regional government published a conservation plan in 2023.<sup>[6](https://www.cultura.gal/gl/nova/102843)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [Tumulus index, Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places](https://pleiades.stoa.org/indexes-old/index-by-select-time-periods/roman/tumulus?b_start%3Aint=40)\n2. [Tumulus de Noville, Liège, Megalithic Portal](https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?map=2&sid=53615)\n3. [Le tumulus de Noville, Chronique de Waremme](https://chronique-de-waremme.be/tag/tumulus-de-noville/)\n4. [Forte & Pipan, Integrated seismic tomography and GPR for the study of burial mounds (tumuli), Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (2008)](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440308000927)\n5. [Noville - Canal du Haut-Lac, Archeodunum site notice](https://www.archeodunum.com/Notice_site/noville-546/)\n6. [Plan Director do xacemento de Noville, Cultura de Galicia](https://www.cultura.gal/gl/nova/102843)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Places and geography › Parks, protected areas, and geographic heritage sites › Archaeological sites and site complexes › Greek, Roman, and Etruscan archaeological sites › Roman military sites and fortifications › Tombs and funerary monuments*\n\n*Initially written Oct 21, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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