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Early Medieval

Mercian Submission at Repton 873

873
England
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Mercia
Forces
Mercian forces unable to dislodge them
VS
Victor
Great Heathen Army
Forces
Great Heathen Army occupying Repton
Outcome
Mercian royal heartland violated; symbolic conquest of Mercia at its sacred centre
The Battle

History & Significance

The Great Heathen Army overwintered at Repton, the Mercian royal mausoleum, in 873-874. The deliberate choice of Repton was a powerful symbolic act of dominance over the Mercian kingdom. Archaeological excavation has revealed a Danish camp built around the church along with a mass burial of warriors. Burgred fled from Repton.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Mercian Submission at Repton 873

Bretby Castle fortified manor
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Cursus and mini henges, of Neolithic date, round barrows of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date, and settlements, enclosures and fields of late Iron Age/Romano-British date, immediately East of Willington either side of the A5132
Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles
Monks Bridge See also DERBYSHIRE 15
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
Monks Bridge See also STAFFORDSHIRE 261
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 miles
Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
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