The Ness of Brodgar Excavations

Rain brought work to a halt again today. But here’s a few pictures.

Day Thirty-Three The luck of the Irish! Well, it had to happen. After the best summer excavation weather that any of us can remember (in this country at least) the rain came down, heavily. It began just after lunch-time and, with water quickly pooling in some parts of the site, …

A shorter than usual selection of activity around the site today – due to everyone being busy but also the fact that rain brought proceedings to an early close. As alway, click the thumbnails for a larger version.

Day Thirty-Two High hopes realised Yesterday’s diary explained the normal phenomenon whereby the end of the excavation season leads to a feeling that nothing much is likely to happen. It also pointed out how wrong that was, with discoveries of artefacts such as the handsome cushion macehead, and structural delights …

Day Thirty-One Surprise start to penultimate week We are now in our penultimate week of excavation at the Ness and, as is usual so close to the end of the dig, there were few expectations of anything special happening. That feeling was heightened today by the necessity of transferring diggers …