Construction work and related archaeological endeavors in the German Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt has revealed the foundations of a Roman tumulus, or burial mound. Structures like these are rare in the former province of Raetia, and the excavations also revealed evidence of prehistoric settlements and ceramic remains. The tomb was both a place of remembrance and an expression of social status.”A square extension measuring 6.5 feet by 6.5 feet. The stone circle is all that remains of the wall that once encircled the tumulus, and a tumuli with such large stone ring walls are “extremely rare” in Raetia. Nevertheless, Roman central Europe and Italy had a long tradition of tumuli starting in the first century CE.