Peter Cox (AC Archaeology), is the project consultant, giving advice on site management and excavation strategy. Since 1997, Dr Ann Woodward of Birmingham University has advised on the large and growing prehistoric pottery archive. Recently Peter Bellamy has agreed to advise on stone tools. Dr David Higgins of Liverpool University has reported on the 17th century clay pipe assemblage. At annual financial meetings with Aggregate Industries, Lilian Ladle as Project Manager negotiates funding for specialist input. Volunteers carry out all work on site and on post-excavation activities.

Post-excavation work entails marking, cataloguing and where necessary, drawing finds. A programme of Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery analysis is now well underway. The pottery archive is likely to be of national importance.

Full reports have been presented each year since 1992, to the company and to professional colleagues who have an interest in Dorset archaeology. Interim reports are also submitted annually to the Proceedings of the Dorset Archaeological and Natural History Society and to the journal of CBA Wessex.

At least one local newspaper article appears each year. It is anticipated that at the end of the project, the results of the work will be published in monograph form, together with a booklet for the general public.

Arrangements have been made with Dorset County Museum to accept the site archive. Regulation museum boxes have been purchased and many of the finds are already catalogued and boxed.

Frequent lectures are given on the project to a wide variety of audiences varying from school children, leisure groups, archaeology and history societies, universities and professional colleagues. Regular site tours take place throughout the excavating season when visitors can see archaeology in action and view current finds. Other formal displays have been arranged for the local library and Wareham Museum has a changing display each year. The archive has been made available to undergraduate students who have worked on the site and five final year dissertations have been presented based on various aspects of the work.

This large-scale project, is run on a very limited budget, which covers excavation equipment and specialist costs, has at least five more years to run. It is achieving major results, not only in the quantity and quality of the archaeological material but also in bringing to the attention of the general public the excitement and fascination of piecing together evidence of the past.

A major and significant aspect of the project's success is the continued enthusiasm and commitment of the volunteer, amateur archaeologists with the input of specialist help. The work could not be accomplished without the backing of Aggregate Industries, the site owners.

The project was 'Highly Commended' in 1994, 'Runner-Up' in 1996 and 'Winner' in 1998 of the Dorset Archaeology Award and was 'Runner-Up' at the British Archaeology Awards in 2000.