Ragnar Lothbrok and the Great Heathen Army's Winter at Repton

In 873, the Great Heathen Army—led by Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan, and Ubba—wintered at Repton in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. There, they carved out a massive D-shaped earthwork fortification, burying their dead in a mass grave that archaeologists uncovered in the 1980s. This episode examines the archaeological evidence from Repton: the charnel pit containing over 250 individuals, the Viking warrior buried with a Thor's hammer and a boar's tusk, and the enigmatic 'Repton Stone' depicting a warrior figure. We explore what these finds reveal about the army's composition, beliefs, and the harsh realities of overwintering in enemy territory. Lucas and Luna also discuss the controversial 'mass grave theory' versus the possibility of a battle cemetery, and how the Repton camp fits into the wider strategy of the Great Heathen Army's conquest of Anglo-Saxon England. #RagnarLothbrok #GreatHeathenArmy #Repton #Mercia #Vikings #AngloSaxonEngland #IvarTheBoneless #HalfdanRagnarsson #UbbaRagnarsson #VikingAge #Archaeology #ReptonStone #ThorHammer #MassGrave #EarlyMedieval #Norse #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo