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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kaup Barrows Alternative Name: Кауп, Wikingerhain, Wiskiauten, MokhovoeCountry: Russia
NOTE: This site is 8.969 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Zelenogradsk Nearest Village: Mokhovoe
Latitude: 54.932886N Longitude: 20.473666E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This barrow and flatgrave cemetery located in the small forest carrying the name "Kaup" on the outskirts of Mokhovoe village in 3 km southwards from Zelenogradsk town. Burial mounds dated back to the period of IX-XI centuries, while the eldest flatgrave burials belong to V-VI centuries. During the exploration of 1980 archaeologists registered 203 barrows (see the cemetery map), the number of flatgraves was uncountable due the absence of visible signs.
The cemetery was found in 1865, during archaeological excavations performed in 1873-1937 not less than 86 burial mounds were examined. Further excavations were performed in 1956, 1958, 1980, 2000 and 2004-2011.
The site is easily reachable but I suppose the best time to visit it is the early spring or late autumn. In summer time due to dense vegetation it is rather difficult even to walk through the forest, not to mention to take decent pictures of the burial mounds which are only 0.5-1.5 m high.
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