Evolution of an excavation: 2007-2009
The second part of our series (part one available here) looking at how the Ness of Brodgar excavation has progressed, and ideas changed, over the years via dig director Nick Card’s annual brief summaries...
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Knit for the Ness again – fundraising kits are back in stock…
We’re delighted to have our knitting kits back in the Ness online shop. We had to stop them for a while because we had Covid-19 related supply problems but these have been overcome. The...
Swans, otters and the ‘cattieface’ is back – Wildlife Wednesday
Dig director Nick Card’s weekly showcase of the birds and animals living around the Ness of Brodgar excavation site. Click on any image for a larger version.
Evidence of woven textiles confirmed at the Ness
We can confirm today that we have evidence of a woven Neolithic textile at the Ness of Brodgar – only the second example found in Scotland. We don’t physically have a piece of 5,000-year-old...
A brief introduction to Orkney’s prehistory
At the Ness of Brodgar excavation site we have pieced together a biography that spans millennia – from traces of Mesolithic activity to the site’s Neolithic heyday, through to the early Bronze Age and...
Ness to take centre stage in new Neolithic animated movie
The Ness of Brodgar looks set to take play a major role in a new animated feature film set in Neolithic Orkney. Lugi: the Brodgar Boy is the brainchild of Orcadian illustrator Alex Leonard,...
Brodgar wildlife on Wednesday
Wednesday is upon us yet again, so we’ve got another selection of wildlife photographs from Ness dig director Nick Card. As usual, click on any image for a larger version.
The Watchstone – what do we know about the solitary monolith?
“When on the way to the Bridge of Brogar, attention is at once arrested by a singly giant monolith … standing erect, like a giant sentinel, called the Watch Stone” James Macbeath. The Orkneys...
Evolution of an excavation – the Ness dig year by year
It is now just over 17 years since the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar complex and 2020 will be the first time since 2003 that no excavation will take place on site. So...
