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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Wystan's (Repton) Alternative Name: Repton Parish ChurchCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Repton
Map Ref: SK30292717
Latitude: 52.841195N Longitude: 1.551757W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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lichen visited on 19th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
St Wystan's, Repton is hugely significant, being the main home of the Mercian royal family for near 300 years. Due to the considerable spread of Mercia at the time, it is also arguably the site of a former capital of Great Britain, as we now have it.
A near perfectly preserved Saxon Crypt is the main must-see attraction, with some fragments of Saxon stones in the porch, and some mounted on the walls.
See the official Church Website for extensive details for everything you would need to know.
It also has the tallest spire in South Derbyshire, and situated next to the noted school, it is hard to miss.
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