The Ness of Brodgar Excavations

Calling all art lovers with an interest in helping secure the future of the Ness excavations. The artist Philip Hughes has donated two beautiful pieces of art for the Ness of Brodgar Trust to sell and help raise much-needed funds for the ongoing excavation. Brodgar and the Two Lochs 40x96cm …

Time is running out if you’ve not been along to the Stromness Museum to view the Ness-inspired exhibition. The exhibition, which runs until October 31, features artefacts from the excavation to date as well as arts and crafts inspired by the dig.

Archaeologist, historian and television presenter Neil Oliver is the guest on this week’s BBC History Extra podcast, talking about his new book, The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places. In the podcast, the Ness of Brodgar is named one of Neil’s top five favourite sites in the country. The …

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, …

There’s two new ways you can help support our ongoing research at the Ness. AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon, with the same products, prices and shopping features as Amazon.co.uk – the difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5 per cent of the net purchase price …

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, …