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Trench J, and with it Structures Five and Thirty-Two and the “Great Wall of Brodgar”, may have been covered… Read more
It’s been a long, hard day of manual labour in some not-so-pleasant weather conditions, but we’ve covered over around 90 percent of the site.
Aided by volunteers from the public… Read more
Day Thirty-Eight
Physical traces of a Neolithic potter?
This, dear readers, is our last diary of the 2019 excavation season at the Ness.
You will have realised that there are… Read more
Day Thirty-SevenHuman bone and a standing stone…
Andy Boyar excavating the human ulna within Structure Ten this afternoon. (📷 Ole Thoenies)
Andy excavating the fragile human arm bone in Structure… Read more
A very interesting day in Structure Ten today, where a second human arm bone was found in association with the south-western buttress inside the building.
We’re writing today’s blog post… Read more
Day Thirty-Six
Last week syndrome…
There is such a thing in Orcadian archaeology as “last week syndrome” when, as everything winds down towards the end of the excavation, something interesting… Read more
Day Thirty-Five
Sunshine and crowds at the Ness
Our second and final ‘Special Sunday’ open day of the season took place today, with over 1,000 visitors recorded at the excavation… Read more
We are very sad to announce, after battling a long illness, the passing away of Bryn, the director’s site dog and the real director of the Ness.
He will be missed by us all, and by all… Read more
Day Thirty-Four
Paperwork, plans and finds
With just days to go until the 2019 excavation draws to a close, the site was abuzz with activity today.
Needless to say, with… Read more
As mentioned in today’s dig diary, Bruce lifted a flagstone beside one of the standing stones flanking the entrance to Structure Twelve to reveal a large spread of animal bone.… Read more
Four more photographs of the incised stone found in the cell outside Structure Twelve’s eastern entrance today.
Click on any image for a larger version.
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For a few days now this little character has been spotted regularly from the excavation site, swimming around the banks of the Harray loch.
The otter seems to be as… Read more
Day Thirty-Three
‘Compulsive building, re-building, alteration and improvement’
After the massive cleaning exercise for yesterday’s photo sessions, the Ness is looking magnificent today in the sunshine.
The buildings are sharply… Read more
With the 2019 drawing to a close next Friday, August 23, 2019, there’s not much time left if you want to take advantage of our free site tours.
The last… Read more
Cleaning Trench P from top to bottom was completed today and the photography sessions began in earnest.
Here are some of the images from Professor Scott Pike. Click on any… Read more
Day Thirty-Two
More cleaning and photography
Not much to report today – cleaning continued in Trench P in preparation for this afternoon’s marathon photography session. And when complete the buildings… Read more
For the first time in years, all of Trench P has been completely uncovered and cleaned thoroughly ahead of overhead photography tomorrow.
The cleaning work will be finished tomorrow morning… Read more
