Tumulus Bill

Tumulus Bill is a Gallo-Roman grave mound at Flouer Helperich, near the Bill, on the Fouss of Helperknapp in Luxembourg. It is classified as a megalithic mound with integral stones and dates to the 3rd century AD.

The tumulus has a diameter of 24 m and was originally 6–7 m high. Around the base is a retaining wall made of sandstone blocks. A grave entrance was built into the wall on the southwest side, where a urn containing the ashes of the deceased was placed.

On the summit stood a stone structure shaped like a pine cone or a menhir. The mound was cleared in 1969 and the stones still lying there were removed and reconstructed.

As a general type, a tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over one or more graves. Such burial mounds were built across Europe from the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond; more complex examples can include ditches, stone kerbs, and chambers of stone or timber.

Tumulus Bill is a megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones) in Helperknapp, Luxembourg. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the lb article "Tumulus um Bill", shown in the original language.