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Repton and the Vikings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Martin Biddle  and
Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle
Martin Biddle
Affiliation:
19 Hamilton Road, Oxford OX2 7PY, UK
Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle
Affiliation:
19 Hamilton Road, Oxford OX2 7PY, UK
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In 873 the Viking Great Army took winter quarters at the Anglo-Saxon monastery of Repton in the heart of Mercia. Excavations 1974–88 found their D-shaped earthwork on the river bank, incorporated in the stone church. Burials of Viking type were made at the east end of the church, and an existing building was cut down and converted into the chamber of a burial mound containing at least 249 individuals. Here is a first account of the evidence for the Vikings at Repton in and after the campaigning season of 873-4.

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 250 , March 1992 , pp. 36 - 51
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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