Kaup (emporium)

54°55′54″N 20°28′25″E / 54.9316°N 20.4735°E / 54.9316; 20.4735

A map of the site

Kaup is a hill on the bank of the Curonian Lagoon, immediately north of the village of Mokhovoye, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is a large early medieval burial site with Norse grave goods. Kaup has been viewed by historians as an important early medieval emporium and a likely starting point of the Amber Road to the south. The original name of this medieval settlement is uncertain.