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Monument Number 608038
Hob Uid: 608038
Location : Derbyshire South Derbyshire Repton
Grid Ref : SK3031327200
Summary : 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.
More information : SK 303272 A resistivity survey by A Aspinall in the War Memorial Cloister located the east arm of the Viking defensive ditch as predicted. (1) The excavation in the headmaster's garden continued work on the probable slipway. From the pottery in the infill it would appear to be 12th cent, probably filled in by the Augustinian Canons when the new priory was built. Further excavation will confirm whether or not this was a slipway. (2) Excavation report. (3)

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Source details : Medieval Archaeol 29 1985 168
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Source details : CBA Churches Comm Bull 22 1985 3 (M Biddle)
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Source details : Antiquity 66 1992 36-51 (M Biddle and B Kjolbye-Biddle)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
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Monument End Date : 874
Monument Start Date : 873
Monument Type : Slipway, Settlement, Inhumation Cemetery
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Slipway, Settlement, Inhumation Cemetery
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 32 NW 54
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Relationship type : General association

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Monument Number 608038