Wednesday wildlife – week thirteen
Another selection of photographs from the camera of dig director Nick Card.
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Monthly Archive: July 2020
A remarkable pottery sherd…
Diary – Tuesday, July 14, 2020Day Seven2014: The last of the stones holding down the protective covers are removed from Structure Twelve. (📷 ORCA)Six years ago today, the six-week 2014… Read more
A natural cursus? Water, walls and walking the Ness
Previously we saw that the Dyke of Sean was perhaps once one of three — or possibly four — walls that ran the width of the Ness of Brodgar in the Neolithic. Did these define specific areas – dividing the isthmus into distinct segments of “graded” space – and controlled movement and visibility through them? Read more
Hints there’s something beyond Structure Twelve’s entrance…
Diary – Monday, July 13, 2020Day SixColin reveal a new pecked design in the east entrance to Structure Twelve. (📷 ORCA)We’re back for week two and looking out the window… Read more
The art of archaeological planning
Cecily planning Structure Seven way back in 2007. (📷 ORCA)Alice planning in the Central Midden Area. (📷 ORCA)Visit the Ness site at any time during an excavation season and you… Read more
Seaweed, a standing stone and the ‘corner of loveliness’ revealed
Dig Diary – Friday, July 10, 2020
Day Five
Here we are at the end of what would have been the first week of the 2020 excavation… Read more
Diary – Thursday, July 9, 2020
Day Four
Sorry folks but once again I start this diary with the weather.
But in 2015 it was foul, meaning much of Thursday, July 9, 2015, was taken up… Read more
From the Art Hut – looking back…
By Karen Wallis
On July 5, 2018, I paid my first visit to Trench Y.
Mike Copper and his team were searching for the enclosure wall beside the Stenness loch.… Read more
Diary – Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Day Three
This day, five years ago, will long be remembered as a historical milestone in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavation.
It wasn’t because of any astonishing… Read more
Diary extra – a summertime wander around the Ring of Brodgar
With some work to do at Ness dig HQ, Sigurd decided to take a wander around the Ring of Brodgar first. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – week twelve
A feast of fauna from around the Ness of Brodgar, captured on camera by dig director Nick Card.
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