No, Atkinson left Silbury in a mess, and a lot of his ‘research’ there (and at Stonehenge) under his bed. Maverick is too good a word to describe the man.
He certainly fits Gladman's description "
I would consider anyone who devoted his life to studying prehistoric monuments a maverick - sure, he wasn't undisciplined in the true sense of a maverick," whereas ,as G suggests Burl was disciplined .