As you may have noticed, there’s no dig diary today. That’s because the diggers had a day off, in preparation for Sunday’s final Open Day – when all hands will be on deck, from 11am until 4pm. Activities at the Ness excavation site include: Stone-craft with Chris Gee. Ancient music …
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 …
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, …
Some links to recent news stories and articles: Elisabeth Holder – Working Away British Archaeology Magazine – the printed magazine features a review of Woody Musgrove’s new book, Ness of Brodgar: Open to the Public The Herald: Archaeologists hail find of 5,000-year-old stone axes Press and Journal: Two ‘pristine’ stone axes …
This weekend will see our final Open Day of the 2018 season. Amongst other things, on display will be the axes, macehead, spatulas and incised stones found this year – a chance for everyone to get up close to some of the finest Neolithic Orcadian stone tools you’ll ever see, …
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 …
