Repton's 873 Viking Massacre

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Digs suggest leafy Repton once saw Viking horrors

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Digs suggest leafy village of Repton in Derbyshire once saw Viking horrors.

Children were buried, perhaps to honour hundreds of dead piled nearby.

A royal shrine was torn apart beneath a church spire, a royal shrine torn apart.

A low mound near the churchyard was rumoured by folklore to have contained a giant skeleton, perhaps even Ivar the Boneless .

Archaeologist Dr Tom Horne said: "Maybe you don't get England as we know it without Repton ".

More recent digs shed more light on the terrible events which the location has witnessed, perhaps uncovering ground walked on by the Great Army .

DNA analysis by Dr Jarman showed the two men were closely related and it was theorised they could be Viking father and son Olaf and Eysteinn , mentioned in documents as being killed in 874 and 875 .

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