A total of 52 pieces of flint were recovered during fieldwalking by members of the community at Wixford Lodge Farm. The composition of the assemblage indicates a multi-period settlement site.
Ridge and furrow cultivation in Wixford Parish which dates from the Medieval period onwards. In some areas the ridge and furrow survives as earthworks. Elsewhere it is visible on aerial photographs.
A second possible, but less likely, site of a ford, known as Withlac's Ford, dating from the Roman and Medieval periods. It is a crossing point over Hay Brook on the line of the Roman Ryknield Street. It is known from documentary evidence and is located east of Wixford.
An enclosure of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 400m north of George's Elm Lane. Possibly part of an Iron Age/Romano-British rural farmstead.
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