Video Archive

Trench P. 2015.

Thursday throwback: excavation under way in Trench P in 2015

We’ve got a blast from the past this evening after recovering a forgotten (and assumed lost) cache of video footage from a defunct hard drive …
Picture: National Museums Scotland

‘Rediscovering a lost Neolithic tomb’ – OAS talk recording now online

The recording of the Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) talk on the rediscovery and excavation of a Maeshowe-type chambered cairn in Holm …
2023: Trench T. (Jim Rylatt)

Drone views of Structure Twenty-Seven

Drone footage of Structure Twenty-Seven from Professor Scott Pike and Jim Rylatt …
Structure Twenty-Six (Tom O'Brien)

Video: Structure Twenty-Six flyaround

Jim Rylatt’s latest drone video, this week focusing on the much-later building Structure Twenty-Six, which lies between Structures Ten, Twelve and Thirty …
Structure Twelve (Jim Rylatt)

Video – Structure Twelve drone flyaround

Another short video from Ness supervisor Jim Rylatt, this one a drone orbit of Structure Twelve in Trench P …
(📷 Tom O'Brien)

Video: Excavation site flyover

Another drone video from Ness supervisor Jim Rylatt – a flyover of the dig site from the south-eastern end of the Brig o’ Brodgar and featuring all three of the main trenches …
(📷 Canmore)

Video: Rock art in the Holm of Papa Westray South

The fifth, and final, UHI Archaeology Institute’s Tombs of the Isles recorded talk, again featuring Dr Antonia Thomas, the Ness project’s Neolithic art specialist …
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Video: Passage Grave Art in Orkney’s North Isles

The fourth of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s ‘Tombs of the Isles’ recorded talks, and the second featuring Dr Antonia Thomas, the Ness’ Neolithic art specialist …
📷 Ole Thoenies

Video: Art and architecture in Neolithic Orkney – a talk by Dr Antonia Thomas

The third of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s ‘Tombs of the Isles’ recorded talks, this time featuring Dr Antonia Thomas, the Ness’ Neolithic art specialist …
Quanterness reconstruction

Video: Death and burial in Neolithic Orkney (Part Two)

The second part of Professor Colin Richard’s talk for the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Tombs of the Isles project …