“Sea eagles constitute the example of a bird par excellence, being the largest bird in Neolithic Orkney and the bird ...
Paul Durdin's latest 3d model - the rhodochrosite pillowstone fragment from Structure Thirty today. Two other rhodochrosite pillowstones have been ...
One of the exhibition display panels. (Sigurd Towrie) The Orkney Museum is playing host to some of the Ness of ...
Three of the Ness of Brodgar's small clay balls. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) There have been many puzzling finds over the ...
By Gary Lloyd We are often drawn to the aesthetically pleasing, meticulously crafted, unusual, or enigmatic in archaeology. Many of ...
Excavation of an orthostatic box in 2022, introduced an intriguing new element into the relationship between Structures Seventeen and Eight ...
We remain in Trench J for today’s Top Ten entry. A short distance to the north-west of the hearth mentioned ...
In 2022, Trench J maintained its reputation for producing polished stone axes - with three beautiful examples adding to its ...
The latest pitchstone flake beside a 5p piece for scale. (📷 Paul Clark) A flake of Arran pitchstone from the ...
The second account of Ness volunteer Lorraine Clay's foray into experimental archaeology over the summer of 2022. Part 1 is ...
Finds hut volunteer Lorraine Clay trying her hand at some experimental archaeology (in less than clement conditions) this summer. (📷 ...
A new blog post on the subject of Neolithic art at the Ness of Brodgar is now available on the ...
