| Funding body | Total | % |
|---|---|---|
| Private Developer | 2810 | 70.54 |
| County Council | 331 | 7.18 |
| Landowner | 284 | 6.24 |
| District Council | 247 | 4.58 |
| Department of Transport | 134 | 2.29 |
| Water Authority | 107 | 1.9 |
| Ministry of Defence | 47 | 0.84 |
| English Heritage | 39 | 0.82 |
| Parochial Church Council | 31 | 0.66 |
| Development Corporation | 30 | 0.65 |
| Other Charitable Trust | 28 | 0.63 |
| Diocese | 23 | 0.54 |
| Parish Council | 21 | 0.5 |
| Dean and Chapter | 21 | 0.49 |
| Electricity Authority/Company | 19 | 0.47 |
| National Rivers Authority | 17 | 0.32 |
| National Trust | 13 | 0.3 |
| Oil company | 11 | 0.23 |
| Department of the Environment | 5 | 0.22 |
| Telecommunications Company | 5 | 0.2 |
| British Gas or other Gas Company | 5 | 0.15 |
| National Park Authority | 3 | 0.07 |
| Local Archaeological Society/Amateur Archeologist/s | 2 | 0.07 |
| Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food | 2 | 0.05 |
| Other Research Trust | 2 | 0.03 |
| RCHME | 1 | 0.03 |
| Totals | 4238 | 100 |
Table 1: Analysis of the funding sources for field evaluations 1990 – 1999, after Darvill and Russell (2002) Table W14.