Yearly Archive: 2019

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Second human arm bone found inside Structure Ten

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

Excavation

Monday, August 19, 2019

Dig Diary – Monday, August 19, 2019

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

Excavation

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Dig Diary – Sunday, August 18, 2019

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

Excavation

Friday, August 16, 2019

Day Thirty-Four in pictures . . .

A selection of pictures from across the site from Jo and Sigurd. Click on the images for larger versions.… Read more

Excavation

Friday, August 16, 2019

Aerial shots from Day Thirty-Four

A selection of drone shots from yesterday from Professor Scott Pike.… Read more

News

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Farewell Bryn . . . you will be missed by all

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

Excavation

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Dig Diary – Thursday, August 15, 2019

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

Excavation

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Decorated stone covered today’s animal bone deposit

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

Artefacts / Excavation

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

More images of today’s incised stone

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. … Read more

News / Wildlife

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

An aquatic attraction at the Ness

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

Excavation

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 14, 2019

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

Excavation

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Time is running out for free tours of the Ness dig

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

Excavation

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Some of the fruits of our labours…

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

Excavation

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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

Excavation

Monday, August 12, 2019

Trench P from above – preview shots

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

Excavation

Monday, August 12, 2019

Dig Diary – Monday, August 12, 2019

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

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