Repton Village Defences

In the civil parish of Repton.
In the historic county of Derbyshire (Modern Authority of Derbyshire, 1974 county of Derbyshire).

Enormous defensive ditch centered on church built by Vikings in 9C possible still in use in C11. No visible remains. Viking defended compound and probable slipway at Repton, constructed to over-Winter the Vikings during 873-4. The D-shaped enclosure was open on the North-West side where the River Trent formed the boundary. St Wystan's Church was incorporated in the South-East side, in effect providing a defended gateway to the enclosure. Five Viking inhumations lay to the North-West of the church, within the enclosure, and two lay South of the church on the line of the enclosure bank.

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK303272

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

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