From the archives – Re-opening Trench P
One from our video archive - work getting under way uncovering and cleaning up Trench P in July 2010 ...
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Video – Ness presentation at Shanghai awards ceremony
In November 2019, the Ness of Brodgar excavation project was selected for a 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Award ...
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Looking back it's incredible to see the changes in the site over the past 12 years! This short video - ...
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Video – Ness flyaround: July 2019
Harking back to the balmy summer days of July 2019. A drone flyaround of the site, with excavation in full ...
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Video – Day Twenty-One: Around the Trenches
A brief snapshot of what was a busy day on site ...
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After a day basking in glorious sunshine, Orkney's weather does what it does best - change! Gales, rain and thunder ...
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Drone aerial footage of the Ness of Brodgar excavation site today from Professor Scott Pike of Willamette University, Oregon, USA ...
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Video – Sunshine over Trench J
After a week of wet and windy weather, great progress was made in Trench J, and across the entire site, ...
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Video – Digging cancelled due to weather
Day Four of the 2019 season. The weather hasn't been kind to us at all so far this year, but ...
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Day Two of the 2019 excavation season and work continues removing the protective covers from the Neolithic structures in Trench ...
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‘The Appliance of Science’ – pre-dig lecture available online
Last week's pre-excavation lecture, in Kirkwall, by site director Nick Card. The talk, hosted by the Orkney Archaeology Society, was ...
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A splendid video from BBC Archives, featuring Cathal O'Shannon touring the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae ...
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(Since posting this, we've learned it is not available to viewers outside Europe. Sorry to our non-European followers) A beautiful ...
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From Stirling Castle to the Ness of Brodgar…
Neil Oliver chooses five fascinating places to visit in Britain Click here to read the full article from BBC History ...
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The Summer Wind – Ness excavation 2013
The 2018 excavation season was blessed with nearly two months of uninterrupted sunshine and fair weather. How easy it is ...
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A shorter than usual offering today - things got rather busy, once the rain had cleared ...
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Video – Drone ascent from Trench J
An overview of the entire excavation site from Trench J - containing Structure Five and the northern corner section of ...
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Dig Diary – Monday, July 9, 2018
Day Six The Ness is in full flow... Week two at the Ness started this morning, bright, early and blessedly ...
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Jeanne Rose – Inspired by the Ness
Jeanne Rose is one of this year's artists in residence. Here she shares the inspiration behind a few of her ...
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Ness of Brodgar to a ‘T’ – pre-excavation lecture now online
Last night's pre-excavation lecture, in Kirkwall, by site director Nick Card. The talk, hosted by the Orkney Archaeology Society, was ...
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Another video of the Ness of Brodgar excavation site from above - showing the locations of the four main trenches: ...
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A view of Trench P, from the standing stone in the central paved area, out to Structure Ten and moving ...
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