The Ness in 3d

Wideford Hill chambered cairn

Wideford Hill chambered cairn

Just under three miles to the east of Cuween Hill, on the steep, upper slopes of Wideford Hill, is a second Neolithic passage grave …
Interior of the Cuween chambered cairn, Firth, Orkney. (📷 Jim Richardson)

Cuween chambered cairn

The Cuween cairn is built on an artificial terrace on the upper slopes of Cuween Hill’s eastern side. Cuween is a Maeshowe-type cairn consisting of a “roughly rectangular” central chamber with four smaller cells branching …
Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)

Maeshowe

Probably the best-known Neolithic chambered cairn in Orkney, Maeshowe stands less than a mile to the east of the Ness of Brodgar complex …
Unstan Stalled Cairn

Unstan stalled cairn, Stenness

In the late 19th century, the Knowe of Onston was opened and found to contain the remains of a Neolithic stalled cairn …
Ness carved stone ball in 3D

Ness carved stone ball in 3D

A 3d photogrammetry model, by Hugo Anderson-Whymark, of the carved stone ball found at the Ness of Brodgar excavation site, by Molly Bond, on August 7, 2013 …

3D model of Trench T and Structure Twenty-Seven

Trench J in all its 3D glory…

 Trench J, and with it Structures Five and Thirty-Two and the “Great Wall of Brodgar”, may have been covered over today, but you can …

3d model of possible standing stone outside Structure Twelve

The annexe outside the eastern entrance to Structure Twelve, complete with possible standing stone. (Jim Bright) …

Dig Diary Extra – 3D model of yesterday’s decorated stone

Decorated Stone Removed from Structure Eight/Seventeen on July 15, 2019 …

Trench J in 3D

An updated model of Trench J – containing Structure Five and a section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar” – created by supervisor Paul at the end of this season’s excavation. To view an earlier …