Repton and the Vikings

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

Ancient history · Archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Viking Age · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology · Medieval Literature and History

• Strung Along

  Joanne O’Sullivan•Medieval Archaeology•2015

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• Passing into Poetry

  Neil Price•Medieval Archaeology•2010

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• The Danelaw Reconsidered

  Ben Raffield•Viking and Medieval Scandinavia•2020

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• The Viking Barrow Cemetery at Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire

  Julian D Richards, Julian Richards et al.•Medieval Archaeology•1995

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• Gathering Fruit at Ingleby. An Early Medieval Sculptural Fragment from Ingleby, Derbyshire

  Jane Hawkes•Journal of the British…•2010

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• Excavations at the Viking Barrow Cemetery at Heath Wood, Ingleby, Derbyshire

  Open Access•Julian D Richards, Julian Richards et al.•The Antiquaries Journal•2004

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• Remembering the Vikings

  Open Access•Caitlin Ellis•History Compass•2020

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• Bound in captivity

  Open Access•Ben Raffield•Scandinavian Journal of History•2022

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• A Double-edged Sword

  Open Access•Duncan Sayer, Erin Sebo et al.•European Journal of Archaeology•2019

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• A River of Knives and Swords

  Open Access•Ben Raffield•European Journal of Archaeology•2014

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• New institutional economics in Viking studies. Visualising immaterial culture

  Open Access•Anders Ögren, Charlotte Hedenstierna‐jonson et al.•Archaeological Dialogues•2022

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• Prehistoric and Early Medieval Activity on Danby Rigg, North Yorkshire

  A Harding, A F Harding et al.•Archaeological Journal•1994

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• Finding Vikings in the Danelaw

  Open Access•J Buckberry, J Montgomery et al.•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•2014

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• The Scale and Impact of Viking Settlement in Northumbria

  Julian D Richards, Julian Richards et al.•Medieval Archaeology•2018

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• The Winter Camp of the Viking Great Army, Ad 872–3, Torksey, Lincolnshire

  Open Access•David Hadley, Dawn M Hadley et al.•The Antiquaries Journal•2016

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• Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis

  Open Access•Paul Budd, Andrew R Millard et al.•Antiquity•2004

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• Antiquarians, Archaeologists, and Viking Fortifications

  Open Access•Ben Raffield•Journal of the North Atlantic•2013

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• Finding Vikings with Isotope Analysis

  Open Access•J Montgomery, Vaughan Grimes et al.•Journal of the North Atlantic•2014

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• The Viking Great Army in England

  Open Access•Catrine L Jarman, Martin Biddle et al.•Antiquity•2018

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• Playing Vikings

  Open Access•Ben Raffield•Current Anthropology•2019

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• St Wystan's Church, Repton, Derbyshire A Reconstruction Essay

  H M Taylor•Archaeological Journal•1987

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• The Vikings' Relationship with Christianity in Northern England

  David M Wilson•Journal of the British…•1967

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• The cults of murdered royal saints in Anglo-Saxon England

  Open Access•D W Rollason, David Rollason•Anglo-Saxon England•1982

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• The Repton Stone

  Open Access•Martin Biddle, Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle et al.•Anglo-Saxon England•1985

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• Lists of saints' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England

  Open Access•D W Rollason, David Rollason•Anglo-Saxon England•1978

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• Ranulf De Gernons, Earl of Chester, 1129–1153

  Open Access•H A Cronne•Transactions of the Royal…•1937

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• Discovery of a Viking axe at Repton

  Open Access•H Vassall•The Antiquaries Journal•1924

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• England before the Conquest

  C Warren Hollister, Peter Clemoes et al.•The American Historical Review•1972

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