Gnome Mountain / Roman burial mound
This unusual hill has a remarkable story behind it. Around the first century AD, this site was actually a burial mound.
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This unusual hill has a remarkable story behind it. Around the first century AD, this site was actually a burial mound. This means that people were buried here. Among them was the wealthy Roman veteran Titus Flavius, the man who also had a grand stone villa built in Hoogeloon. The burial mound was lost, but thanks to a reconstruction, it has been restored to the landscape since 2012. The hill now has living inhabitants: it serves as a winter roost for bats.
But are those bats the only inhabitants? Perhaps not. At least, if we are to believe a local myth. For according to this folk tale, the Gnome King Kyrië lives in this mound with his helpful little gnome folk. It is no coincidence that this mound is also known as the Gnome Mountain. Curious to see what the Gnome King looks like? In Hoogeloon, you’ll find a real statue of him.
This text has been translated using AI.