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a further print run will be done however anybody interested in buying
copies please let the committee know as this may affect print decisions.

It was a great relief to those involved to see its completion and
distribution. Of course we hope there are some positive benefits from
carrying out the research and sharing the information with decision
makers in planning departments and the public in general.

Before the pandemic, representatives of the Society were invited to be
involved in certain local projects. The largest was the development of
the now designated new National Nature Reserve on the south side of
Poole Harbour. A partnership between the National Trust, the RSPB, and
local land owners has allowed for the establishment of the NNR with the
aim to improve habitats, develop new ones and improve access to
certain areas.

As part of the project a reconstruction of an small roundhouse similar
to those identified in the area dating from the iron age, was built by
staff from The Ancient Technology Centre at Cranbourne and
volunteers. Members of the Purbeck Society were invited to assist but
logistics of organizing visits and transport to the site (some way from
the car park ) limited involvement. Committee member Karen Delahay
visited on several occasions and it is hoped a visit to the roundhouse and
maybe the centre at Cranbourne, postponed on 2 occassions in 2019
and 2020. The hut is now completed and the public are welcome to visit
it although directions to its location maybe necessary as it is well away
from main trackways to the south east of the overflow carpark.

As a consequence of previous work in the area, Karen was invited to
assist in the production of a timeline for the heaths, outlining human
impacts on the heaths from prehistoric times.

For many years Karen and friend Katy Shepherd have been collecting
worked flints from the beaches at Studland. As a consequence of
working with the National Trust regarding the heathland timeline (and