Over the past 4 years the LRC has undertaken a series of experiments designed to evaluate the potential for digital photogrammetery to enhance the archaeological record from archaeological excavations More recently a spell as Field Archaeologist in Residence in the McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research in the University of Cambridge enabled me to devote some time to a more in depth assessment of the potential of the method and to work with a number of others to showcase what I consider to be one of the most significant breakthroughs in computer applications for the field archaeologist