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
Day Thirty-One
Clean-up operation in Trench P
It’s been an incredibly busy day on site, with the efforts of all remaining 60 plus diggers diverted to a massive clean-up of… Read more
It’s that time again.
With just eight days left of the 2019 excavation, we’re looking for some hardy volunteers to help us cover the site.
By next Wednesday, August 21,… Read more
Day Thirty
Wind, puzzling structures and a Neolithic bull!
To be honest today has been a bit of a struggle.
The day started grey and windy and became very windy… Read more
Just how big were the cattle consumed at the Ness of Brodgar in prehistory?
Drop by the County Show, in Kirkwall, tomorrow, Saturday and you’ll be able to see for… Read more
As we mentioned earlier, Professor Scott Pike launched his drone for record shots of Trench T as well as Structure One.
Here are a few of the day’s photographs. Click… Read more
The light this morning was slightly better than yesterday, so here’s a few more pictures of easily reached sections of the incised flagstone found in the cell outside Structure Twelve’s… Read more
Day Twenty-Nine
More ‘cupmarks’ and a momentous occasion
We reached a momentous landmark today!
As we near the end of our 12th year of major excavation, our 40,000th small find… Read more
Another difficult stone to photograph – not only because of the light this afternoon but its sheer size. But hopefully this will give an idea of the number of incision… Read more
Day Twenty-Eight
Pots, a fond farewell and a massive incised slab…
Finds supervisor Anne and ceramic specialist Roy had high hopes that the flood of pottery which poured from the… Read more
Day Twenty-Seven
Structure Twenty-Seven’s final feast…
Today has been a day dominated by pottery with a steady stream of Neolithic ceramics making its way to the finds hut from all… Read more
Working around the entrance to Structure Twelve there is a key rule…
… all stone removed from the area must be washed and checked for incised marks. And it’s a… Read more
A few photographs of sections of the incised stone recovered from Structure Seventeen on July 25.
The slab features four bands of decoration, but areas appear to have been worn away while… Read more
Day Twenty-Six
Meanwhile, over in Cupmark Corner…
We woke up this morning to the sound of torrential rain lashing the rooftops of Orkney.
Which means, of course, that it was… Read more
