Near the Dutch place of Ussen, near Oss in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, a large settlement complex has been found dating from several periodes around the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Iron Age. Within this settlement, several square and rectangular structures surrounded by ditches were found. One structure measures 33 x 33 meters and dates from ca. 300 BCE. It contains two pits dug at the same time, indicating that this may have been a cult site.

In the graveyard of Oss-Ussen, a couple of hundred meters away, another structure was found with four ditches that were used to hold up a wooden wall. This is also considered a cult site, since it contains similarities to earlier cult sites found in the Netherlands close by.

400 meters away from the cult site, an oaken plank (ca. 90 cm) was found in a water well, shaped like a stylized human figure. Paralels of this object can be found in several places in Europe, such as wooden statues found in moors throughout Northwest-Europe and statues found on grave hills in Germany. Who or what this statue depicts is not clear, but it cannot be ruled out that it represents a god, ancestor or protective spirit.

Schuyf, Judith. Heidense Heiligdommen. 2019. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Omniboek. p. 39-40.