Artefacts

Picture: Sigurd Towrie
We remain in Trench J for today’s Top Ten entry. A short distance to the north-west of the hearth mentioned ...
/ Artefacts, Excavation
Picture: Sigurd Towrie
In 2022, Trench J maintained its reputation for producing polished stone axes - with three beautiful examples adding to its ...
/ Artefacts, Excavation
Picture: Paul Clark
The latest pitchstone flake beside a 5p piece for scale. (📷 Paul Clark) A flake of Arran pitchstone from the ...
/ Artefacts, Post-excavation
The second account of Ness volunteer Lorraine Clay's foray into experimental archaeology over the summer of 2022. Part 1 is ...
/ Artefacts, Post-excavation
Picture: Jo Bourne
Finds hut volunteer Lorraine Clay trying her hand at some experimental archaeology (in less than clement conditions) this summer. (📷 ...
/ Artefacts, Post-excavation
The 'Brodgar Stone' found on the Ness in February 1925. (Picture courtesy of Orkney Library Photographic Archive)
A new blog post on the subject of Neolithic art at the Ness of Brodgar is now available on the ...
/ Artefacts, Links
Picture: Sigurd Towrie
 Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin has worked his photogrammetry magic again, this time creating a 3d model of the ...
/ 3D Model, Artefacts, Excavation
Two of the decorated faces of the Structure Ten stone. (ORCA)
This morning we're premiering a new 3d model from Archaeology Institute UHI postgraduate student Gary Lloyd. The model shows the ...
/ 3D Model, Artefacts
whalebone macehead
The whalebone macehead in situ. (📷 ORCA) In 2010, an extraordinary macehead emerged from one of the side recesses in ...
/ Artefacts, Focus on Finds
(Picture: Hugo Anderson-Whymark)
“[T]he care taken in manufacture suggests that these artefacts, like many others, often have a significance that went beyond utility” ...
/ Artefacts, Focus on Finds
Orkney vole remains from the Ness of Brodgar
A fraction of the vole remains recovered from the Ness over the years. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) "The picture is far ...
/ Artefacts, Focus on Finds
Picture: Antonia Thomas
Guests at the launch of the British Museum's World of Stonehenge exhibition view the Ness of Brodgar display. (📷 Antonia ...
/ Artefacts, Exhibition