Just as work for the day came to an end, an exciting discovery was made in the “Central Midden Area”, between Structures Eight and Twelve, and at the intersection of… Read more
Day Twenty-One
‘It’s just another manic Monday…’
Being a Monday, today is suitably manic. A large number of new recruits arrived on site this morning bright, eager, and in some… Read more
The half-way mark was reached yesterday – just four weeks left of the 2019 excavation season. Pictures by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.
Click on any image for a larger… Read more
(📷 Ole Thoenies)
This strange worked bone, probably the shaft of a polished pin, was found in Structure Eight on July 22, 2019.
We say “strange” because the artefact is… Read more
Arrowhead fragment (📷 Ole Thoenies)
The Early Bronze Age barbed-and-tanged arrowhead found in the outer passage of Structure Ten in July 2017. (📷 ORCA)
On July 9, 2019, the tip… Read more
At present we have three artists in residence-on-site.
Here are links to their blogs/websites etc:
Karen Wallis – website
Karen’s blog – featuring her drawings, sketches and paintings created on… Read more
Some images of the suspected standing stone outside the entrance to Structure Twelve.
The stone is buried deep within what we originally thought was a passage between Structures Twelve… Read more
Day Twenty
A surprise in Jim’s ‘corner of loveliness’
Today marks the half-way point of the 2019 excavation. This is a very sobering thought, especially as the rain which has plagued… Read more
Day Nineteen
A standing stone outside Structure Twelve?
The weather gods smiled upon us today.
A gorgeous day of sunshine and a gentle breeze… Read more
A book documenting the 2017 dig at the Ness of Brodgar is now available.
Ness of Brodgar: Open to the Public, by Woody Musgrove, is a photographic record of the… Read more
Most of the artefacts you see in the pages of the daily diary are fresh from 5,000 years in the soil and, clearly, don’t look their best.
Here is a… Read more
Day Eighteen
Thunder, lightning and no excavation!
What can we say of today, except…ugh!
To be fair it is not just today to blame; Tuesday night as well as this… Read more
Ness of Brodgar artist-in-residence Karen Wallis has completed the oil painting she is donating to the 2019 Ness of Brodgar Trust Grand Draw.
The painting, pictured above, is just… Read more
After a day basking in glorious sunshine, Orkney’s weather did what it does best – change! Gales, rain and thunder saw excavation work cancelled this morning.
It’s forecast to improve… Read more
Day Seventeen
Sunshine, blistering heat and flies…
Wow. What a day. Blistering heat. Flies. Dust.
See, us archaeology types are never happy. Just last week we were complaining about the… Read more
The putative passageway (or is it a recess?) between Structures Twelve and Twenty Six, as recorded by Professor Scott Pike this afternoon.
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