Gallic tribes that inhabited the region placed the ashes and remains of their deceased in these vessels and buried them in the many funerary fields, and some of these fields were in this area. Meuwese also mentions that a small “heathen” temple supposedly stood at a former bend in the Aa River that has since been swallowed by the river. A local legend says that on Christmas night one can hear church bells ring there. Similar stories have been reported near other funerary fields.