Nohmul: "Great Mound" This site is a major ceremonial center whose tallest structure is the highest in the Orange Walk/Corozal area where it is located. Here "twin" ceremonial groups are connected by a raised causeway or "sacbe", and the site once controlled an area covering 20 square kilometers. The center shows thriving occupation in the Late Preclassic and Late Classic Periods (c.a. 350 B.C. - 250 A.D. and 600 A.D. - 900 A.D.). "Nohmul" is Maya for "big hill". The local people have used this descriptive name for many years to describe a place that stands out among the flat surrounds of the OrangeWalk area. Nohmul is located in the sugar cane fields behind the village of San Pablo.