Was Ivar the Boneless, son of Ragnar Lothbrock, buried at Repton in Derbyshire county, England? At first glance the small village of Repton, with its gentle village green does not seem at all remarkable, but over the past 50 years archaeology has gradually revealed its secrets: that Repton was both an Anglo-Saxon royal centre and the final resting place for over 200 members of the Viking Great Heathen Army. For this reason it is referred to locally as Valhalla. Conversion to Christianity The Abbey at Repton was founded in circa 600 AD by Saint David, or 60 years later by the Mercian royal family. The written history of Repton dates to 653 AD, when the monk Bede tells that Peada
