More information : (TF 130074 derived from OS 1:10000) The multi-period site at
Maxey was discovered by Dr. J.K.St. Joseph from aerial
photography (see TF 10 NW 1 for an outline of the main features).
Complex cropmarks of ring ditches, linears and enclosures at
Maxey were plotted in the 1956 RCHME survey. (1)
In 1979-81 excavations at Maxey revealed Middle and Late Iron
age enclosure ditches within West Field with associated finds of
coarse, shell-gritted pottery. Features include:
Shallow linear ditches marking a rectilinear enclosure of the
Middle Iron Age and a possible droveway.
Linear ditches defining fields, a small sub-square enclosure and
the eaves-drip gulley of a round house of the later Iron age.
A clay domed oven was excavated. (2) |