Wednesday wildlife – brief encounter
This week’s photographs from site director Nick Card, focusing on one of his neighbours encountered on Sunday by the shore of the Harray loch.… Continue reading
Sandfiold: cremation, tomb and cist
“With the discovery of the rock-cut chamber and monumental cist at Sand Fiold, Sandwick, which produced late Neolithic as well as Bronze Age dates, our understanding of Neolithic burial practices began to be challenged.”… Continue reading
Wednesday wildlife – the calm between the storms
This week’s selection of pictures taken by site director Nick during lulls in the blustery weather.… Continue reading
The passing of a great archaeologist
With great shock and numbing sadness we learned today that archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones has passed away.
Caroline, a great supporter of the Ness and Orkney’s archaeology as a whole, will be sorely missed and our heartfelt condolences go to her family and her many friends.… Continue reading
Sandfiold: an ‘exceptional’ burial cist in use for almost two millennia
By Sigurd Towrie
Like many Orcadian archaeological sites, the discovery of an “exceptional” [1] prehistoric burial cist at Sandfiold in 1989 was accidental.… Continue reading
Wednesday wildlife – making the most of the winter sun
This week’s photographs from site director Nick Card.
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Braving the elements to pack artefacts on loan to Stonehenge exhibition
By Anne Mitchell
Yesterday morning, Thursday, January 6, was bitterly cold here at the Ness, with snow on the Hoy hills, a gusty Force Eight blowing across the site and horizontal sleety rain.… Continue reading
Wednesday wildlife – a new year…
It’s been a stormy start to 2022, but fortunately punctuated by a few calmer spells.
During one of these, site director Nick ventured out with his camera to bring us these images from around the Ness.… Continue reading
The Sandfiold Bronze Age cemetery
“In the Links of Skeall (sic), where sand is blown away with the wind, are found several places built four square, about a foot square, with stones about, well cemented together, and a stone lying in the mouth, having some black earth in them.”… Continue reading
Wednesday wildlife – the otter at the bottom of the garden
This week’s photographs from Ness site director Nick Card focus on one of his next door neighbours and a frequent visitor to his garden.… Continue reading
Maeshowe broadcast to mark the winter solstice
Next Tuesday, December 21, is the winter solstice, and to mark the occasion, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is livestreaming an event celebrating Maeshowe and its midwinter alignment.… Continue reading
Visit Skara Brae virtually with new digital 3D model
A new 3D model of Skara Brae is offering online visitors an immersive digital experience of the 5,000-year-old Neolithic settlement.… Continue reading
Wednesday wildlife – making the most of the scant hours of daylight
This week’s photographic offering from Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card.
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The Knowes of Trotty – a Bronze Age cemetery and Neolithic settlement site
By Sigurd Towrie
Sitting in an area of marshland in Orkney’s West Mainland are the Knowes of Trotty [*] – a Bronze Age barrow cemetery that is the only one of its kind in northern Britain and the largest between here and southern England.… Continue reading
Three Neolithic-inspired bowls available in dig fundraiser
UPDATE: Two new bowls added, bringing stock back to three
There’s another three wooden creations from Orcadian woodturner Michael Sinclair available to buy from our online shop.… Continue reading
British Museum announce objects joining Ness artefacts at Stonehenge exhibition
A selection of artefacts from the Ness of Brodgar are among the hundreds coming together for a special exhibition on Stonehenge at the British Museum next year.… Continue reading
Macehead auction raised £260 for excavation fund
The auction of a wooden replica of a Neolithic macehead has raised £260 for Ness of Brodgar excavation funds.
Created by Orcadian woodturner Michael Sinclair, the stunning macehead and stand were very generously donated to us by Bruce Bennison, a regular digger on site over the years.… Continue reading
