It is now just over 17 years since the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar complex and 2020 will be ...
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A cache of long-lost photographs from 2007, showing Trench J, (which was re-opened and extended in 2018), Trench M (opened ...
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Standing on the Ness of Brodgar, you can see why the peninsula was chosen to site some of the best-known ...
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These days when we need a picture of the site from above, Professor Scott Pike sends up his drone. Back ...
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Visitors to the Ness of Brodgar site are always staggered to learn that we have excavated less than ten per ...
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Each excavation season we have a series of information boards placed across the site for the benefit of the thousands ...
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Two new PDFs are now available in our downloads archive. The first, Painting a picture of Neolithic Orkney: decorated stonework ...
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When it comes to the Ness, the sheer number of Neolithic structures can be a little daunting when reading about ...
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With Travis, it is not enough to find just one piece of pitchstone – within hours of finding the rather ...
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Another flake of Arran pitchstone has turned up during the analysis of soil samples from Structure Eight. Pitchstone is a ...
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Looking back it's incredible to see the changes in the site over the past 12 years! This short video - ...
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Over the last few seasons we have discovered many sherds of pottery that exhibit colour. The Ness is one of ...
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