Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Day Twenty-Two
Ticking off another on the Ness wish-list
There’s no doubt that at the Ness we go in for excess.
We have masses of everything; buildings, stone artefacts and… Read more
Yearly Archive: 2018
Day Twenty-One in pictures…
A selection of today’s images from the site. We were ably assisted today by a camera-toting Beth Card – many thanks for the help Beth!
As always, click on any… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 30, 2018
Day Twenty-One
Thank you faithful readers…
We can hardly believe it. This is week five and we are now half-way through the excavation for this year – so where has… Read more
Uncover the enigma of Grooved Ware at the Orkney Museum
Another not-to-be-missed exhibition featuring material from the Ness is running at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall,
Tracing the Lines: Pots and People in the Late Neolithic is the brainchild of two long-term… Read more
Ness artefacts and inspirations at the Stromness Museum
A reminder that the Ness-inspired exhibition at the Stromness Museum features artefacts from the excavation to date as well as arts and crafts inspired by the dig. … Read more
Day Nineteen in pictures…
It’s been a busy week, so I’m just today catching up on this week’s pictures.
First, some more shots from Thursday. As always, click on any photograph for a larger… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 27, 2018
Day Twenty
STOP PRESS – Again in typical manner in the dying moments of today, Marcus, in Trench Y, was rewarded with the discovery of a very large polished stone… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 26, 2018
Day Nineteen
STOP PRESS – Decorated stone in Structure Five
In the last hour of today, a new decorated stone was discovered in Structure Five, in Trench J, by our… Read more
Day Eighteen in pictures…
It’s taken a while to do these today, sorry folks. Click on any picture for an enlargement.
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Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Day Eighteen
Y, oh Y, oh Y!
We begin today with Trench Y, which started off with high hopes, quickly became troublesome and has continued in that manner with… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Day Seventeen
When is a bowl not a bowl?
There was considerable excitement in Trench T today, with the discovery of what looked very like the base of a round-bottomed… Read more
Video – Finds Hut Furore
The daily morning rush in the Finds Hut as the site re-opens for business – compressed into 30 seconds.… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 23, 2018
Day Sixteen
What? No walls?
Another week is starting at the Ness with the return of several old faces and the arrival of new ones.
There is a distinctly international… Read more
