Structure Eight in three dimensions…
Paul’s new 3d model this week is Structure Eight – the longest of the piered structures at the Ness of Brodgar complex and one of a series of contemporary Neolithic buildings raised around 3100BC …
The next best thing to being in the trench – new 3d model of Structure One
 Regular readers will know that our photogrammetry guru, Paul Durdin, has been busy creating new 3d models of all the structures on site. His latest allows you to get up close to Structure One, …
Trench T gets the full 3d treatment
Last time we brought you a new model of Structure Twenty-Seven, this week it’s all of Trench T …
Get up close to Structure Twenty-Seven with our latest 3d model
 Arguably the most beautifully built structure on the Ness, our latest 3d model features Structure Twenty-Seven in Trench T. As regular readers will know, the design and construction of Twenty-Seven are unique on site …
Explore Structure Five and the ‘Great Wall’ with new 3d model of Trench J
Another new 3d model, this time of Trench J and featuring Structure Five and the northern boundary wall – the earliest structures revealed on site. Trench J was the first major trench opened on site …
New 3d model of Trench P and all its structures
Wander virtually around Trench P with the latest 3d model from Trench J supervisor, Paul, created using drone photographs by Professor Scott Pike …
Diary Extra – 3d model of pillowstone fragment and a complete example
Paul Durdin’s latest 3d model – the rhodochrosite pillowstone fragment from Structure Thirty today. Two other rhodochrosite pillowstones have been found on site – both in Structure Eight in 2011 and 2014 – while in …
Diary Extra – 3d model of Trench T’s timber plank
Another new model from Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin. Organic materials do not survive well in the acidic soil conditions at the Ness of Brodgar, so the regular appearance of very small wood fragments, within …
Diary Extra – 3d model of Structure Twenty’s wall face and pier
A new photogrammetric model from Paul Durdin showing a section of the exposed walls and pier of Structure Twenty, the confirmed building lying beneath Structure Ten. Structure Ten, with the rough outline of Structure Twenty …
Diary Extra – 3d model shows where three structures meet
Another new model from Paul Durdin, showing the small, but complex, area, beside Structure Twelve’s western, central pier. Where buildings like Twelve have been built over the top of earlier structures, very careful excavation and …
