The Ness in 3d

Supervisor Paul Durdin’s photogrammetric model of one of the six ‘dresser’ features inside Structure Five.  Within the primary rectangular section of Structure Five we have evidence of early “dressers,” akin to those still visible …

A new annotated 3d model of Trench J, featuring Structure Five and the northern boundary wall …

Another 3d model from Paul Durdin, this time the central orthostat in Structure One. This stone was inserted into the building’s northern hearth and was one of three tied into a curving wall built across …

Two new annotated models by Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin, showing the remains of Structures Nineteen and Thirty-Two …

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Not all of Trench P has been opened this year, with Structures Twelve and Fourteen remaining under their protective covers. A number of visitors to the site have asked about these buildings, so here is …

A new model from Professor Scott Pike showing the northern end of Structure Eight, with Structure Eighteen, one of its predecessors, visible within and outside the building …

A 3d photogrammetry model of Structure Thirty-Two by Trench J supervisor, Paul Durdin. Thirty-Two is a later construction, built on the rubble of Structure Five’s south-western end …

 Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin has worked his photogrammetry magic again, this time creating a 3d model of the whalebone artefact found in the floor of Structure Thirty-Two yesterday. The whalebone had clearly been …

3d model of the Vinquoy chambered cairn, Eday, Orkney. New 3d models of chambered cairns now available to explore as part of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Tombs of the Isles project …