Tumulus

Tumulus is an archaeological site in Payerne, Broye-Vully District, Vaud. Access is restricted and requires permission. Tumulus is situated nearby to the village Cugy, as well as near the town Payerne.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cugy FR railway station and Payerne Priory.

Cugy FR railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Cugy FR railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Cugy, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon line of Swiss Federal Railways. Cugy FR railway station is situated 2 km west of Tumulus.

Payerne Priory

Church

Photo: Beckstet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Payerne Priory was a Cluniac monastery at Payerne, in Vaud, Switzerland. The monastery is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Payerne Priory is situated 2 km east of Tumulus.

Saint-Martin Parish Church

Church

Photo: WWHenderson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saint-Martin Parish Church is situated 1½ km west of Tumulus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cugy and Payerne.

Cugy

Village

Photo: Mbarbey49, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cugy is a municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2005 Cugy incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Vesin.

Payerne

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Payerne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully. The German name Peterlingen for the town is out of use.

Fétigny

Village

Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fétigny is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. On 1 January 2026 the former municipalities of Fétigny and Ménières merged into the municipality of Fétigny-Ménières.

Tumulus

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Archaeological site
Category: historic site
Location: Payerne, Broye-Vully District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.817° or 46° 49′ 1″ north

Longitude

6.91225° or 6° 54′ 44″ east

Open location code

8FR8RW86+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6587435294

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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