On August 6, a small, decorated stone was removed from the cell outside the eastern entrance to Structure Twelve. The stone, measuring 18cm long, was among the rubble removed from a blocking deposit but...
Trench J, and with it Structures Five and Thirty-Two and the “Great Wall of Brodgar”, may have been covered over today, but you can revisit it in detail with this new 3D model...
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 as well as a...
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 certain people who are...
Day Thirty-Seven Human bone and a standing stone… In the best archaeological tradition, and with two days to go of the 2019 Ness dig, some amazing discoveries have been made – not least of...
And with two days to go, it seems we might have yet another standing stone in Trench P. More details to follow…
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 at this very minute,...
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 turns up. Today is...