It’s the week before Christmas and time to leave you all in peace.
Thank you for participating in our visitor survey, which closed this afternoon. We have received some very… Read more
Evidence for earlier excavations at the Ness - probably in the early 1880s - has come to light in a handwritten note from the papers, manuscripts and notebooks kept by James Walls Cursiter. Read more
This Saturday, December 8, sees the opening of Jeanne Rose’s exhibition of artwork inspired by the Ness of Brodgar at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall. Along with Jeanne’s work will be 3D… Read more
There was delight in the Ness pottery HQ this summer when two examples of pot bases, clearly imprinted with the marks of a basketry mat, were recovered – one from… Read more
The dates for next year’s eight-week excavation season have been confirmed.
Provided our funding plans come together, diggers will be back on site between Monday, July 1, 2019 until Friday,… Read more
As the fog rolled in over Stromness this evening, the town’s museum opened its doors for a preview of its two new winter exhibitions – one of which has a… Read more
With Christmas just a month away, if you’re heading online to start stocking up on presents, you could help fundraise for the Ness of Brodgar Trust at the same time!… Read more
As regular visitors will know, this summer’s excavation on the Ness of Brodgar revealed a wealth of new artefacts and finds.
A number of these will be on display in… Read more
Calling all art lovers with an interest in helping secure the future of the Ness project.
The artist Philip Hughes has donated two beautiful pieces of art for the Ness… Read more
Nothing specifically Ness related in this brilliant piece of film,, but some lovely views of Skara Brae, Maeshowe and the Ring of Brodgar.
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerbrev-fra-vesterled/FOLA66001166/27-09-1966… Read more
Neil Oliver chooses five fascinating places to visit in Britain
Click here to read the full article from BBC History Extra.
To listen to the podcast, click here.… Read more
The 2018 excavation season was blessed with nearly two months of uninterrupted sunshine and fair weather.
How easy it is to forget how bad conditions can be on site –… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more