Focus on finds: Structure Twelve entrance incised stoneThe entire incised stone, which measured a mere 18cm in length. (📷 Ole Thoenies) On August 6, 2019, a small, ...Read More Friday, February 11, 2022 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsBritish Museum announce objects joining Ness artefacts at Stonehenge exhibitionStonehenge. (📷 English Heritage) A selection of artefacts from the Ness of Brodgar are among the hundreds coming together for ...Read More Saturday, December 11, 2021 / Artefacts, ExhibitionNess artefacts at British Museum will help shine a light on the world of StonehengeA selection of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest artefacts will feature in a major exhibition at the British Museum next ...Read More Friday, October 22, 2021 / Artefacts, ExhibitionDig Diary Extra – a ‘striking piece of fine pottery’ ...Read More Wednesday, July 21, 2021 / Artefacts, Ceramics, ExcavationVideo: ‘Neolithic Carved Stone Balls in context’Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, curator of prehistory (Palaeolithic to Neolithic) at the National Museums of Scotland, and Mark Hall, history officer ...Read More Monday, November 9, 2020 / Artefacts, VideoCarved Stone Balls – experimental archaeology workshop with Chris GeeChris Gee, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, discusses the creation of Neolithic carved stone balls ...Read More Saturday, October 17, 2020 / Artefacts, VideoFocus on finds: multi-hollowed cobblesAll faces of a multi-hollowed cobble tool found in Structure Twelve in 2014. (📷 Hugo Anderson-Whymark) There have been some ...Read More Friday, September 25, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsFocus on finds: haematiteHighly polished haematite nodule from the Ness of Brodgar. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) It was something that had long been suspected ...Read More Friday, September 18, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsStories in Stones – 2020 Orkney Science Festival TalkIn this talk for the 2020 Orkney Science Festival, Professor Mark Edmonds considers some of the stone artefacts from the ...Read More Sunday, September 6, 2020 / Artefacts, Video, VideoFocus on finds: beadsA selection of the stone beads recovered from the Ness. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Although we don't have a huge number ...Read More Monday, August 10, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsFocus on finds: worked boneTwo large worked bones from the Ness. Top: Structure Ten. Bottom: Trench X. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Worked bone is something ...Read More Monday, August 3, 2020 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsVideo: Stone spatulate tools from the Ness of BrodgarOne of the 80 plus stone spatulate tools recovered from the Ness to date (📷 ORCA) The spatulate stone tools ...Read More Friday, July 31, 2020 / Artefacts, Video‹ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ›