This archive records raw archaeological data from the Lofts Farm Project collected
by volunteer Maldon Archaeological Group members and helpers between 1978 and 2000.

Essentially it is a record of observation and selective archaeological excavation during the commercial gravel quarrying of a 110 acre site near Maldon in Essex.  We are indebted to the gravel company Contractors Aggregates and farmers Mr. Hughes, Mr. Rees and Mr. Goodwin for permissions and assistance in carrying out the work.

Discoveries on this multi-period site have included Neolithic ditches and pits, Bronze Age barrows and burials, Late Bronze Age Early Iron Age enclosures and huts, numerous Middle and Late Iron Age round houses, enclosures and trackway, Roman trackways, field systems and enclosures and a medieval moated site.

Version History

2001 First produced in 2001 with low resolution slide images to fit onto a CD-ROM. Microsoft FrontPage was used for initial formatting and Irfanview for additions and amendments.

2007 Upgraded to data DVD size with the addition of high resolution scans of the original slides. These can be accessed via the Slides Index HR link and also the original thumbnail pages for each sheet of slides.

2007 Lofts Hedgerow Survey data added - Click here

2007 LFD Moat Excavation and Field Walking notes added - Click here

2014 Dead HTML Link corrections

2020 Minor formatting corrections to make this the final version.

This DVD version is now available as an image download - LoftsDVD2020.iso (4.4G)

The Notebooks at higher resolution are also available as an image - LoftsNB-HR-2020.iso (499.3MB)