Among the 160 diggers working at the Ness this summer was Ross Drummond, an MSc student studying archaeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Ross’s Ness experience was one of a number of excavations he took part in over the summer. and in a new article over at www.archaeologyorkney.com, …
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Delighted to discover a cache of pictures from 2007 this evening, showing Trench J (which was extended this year), Trench R (a short-lived trench opened to examine the “Great Wall of Brodgar” and Trench P – in the case of the latter is shows just how far we’ve come over …
An updated model of Trench J – containing Structure Five and a section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar” – created by supervisor Paul at the end of this season’s excavation. To view an earlier model of the site, click here.
This year the Art Hut was upgraded from the wooden shed of last year to a large portacabin generously supplied by Orkney Aggregates – and the number of artists increased to five. We were open to the public and nearly 1,400 people came to see what Artists in Residence do, …
Day Thirty-Eight That’s all folks! Well folks, that’s it. The 2018 dig season at the Ness is now over. Trowels have been replaced with tyres and the huge task of covering the entire site with sheets of plastic pinned down with car and truck tyres has begun. We have had …
Day Thirty-Seven Plans, pics and 3D models… It’s a sobering thought, but after today there is just one more excavation day left. What do we do with it? Well, we keep excavating although, as today, a good deal of effort goes into the essential work of tying up final plans, …
Day Thirty-Six Two new buildings and a possible Beaker shard We must own up. There is a degree of lassitude around the site today, partly as a reaction to yesterday’s Open Day, when more than a thousand people visited the Ness site and the demonstrations and activities at the Stenness …
Day Thirty-Five Sunshine brings crowds flocking to final Open Day Over 1,100 visitors flocked to the Ness today to view the site and special events laid on for the final Open Day of the season. In glorious sunshine, the crowds viewed ancient music, ancient cooking techniques and ancient artefacts, as …
Day Thirty-Four Second macehead of the season We’ll break all the rules of diary writing and start with a couple of apologies. If this diary is a little late in reaching you it is because at the end of today the weary Ness staff and diggers head off for the …
As we enter the last week of the 2018 season, we would like to ask for some help from anyone free on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week (August 22, 23 and 24). The site is closing for the season, and to protect our valuable structures from the ravages of an Orcadian …
