Thursday throwback: excavation under way in Trench P in 2015We've got a blast from the past this evening after recovering a forgotten (and assumed lost) cache of video footage ...Read More Thursday, November 30, 2023 / Excavation, Video2004 excavation report available to downloadJune 2004: Test trenching began, guided by geophysics survey results. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Earlier this year we posted the 2003 ...Read More Friday, November 24, 2023 / Downloads, ExcavationScotland Outdoors at the Ness of Brodgar – podcast available nowAnne and Nick being interviewed by Rachel Stewart in August. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) One of the thousands of visitors this ...Read More Wednesday, October 4, 2023 / Excavation, Podcast, StructuresTime lapses in Trench PTrench P. August 2023. (📷 John Leith) Trench P. August 2023. (📷 John Leith) Trench P. August 2022. (📷 John ...Read More Friday, September 15, 2023 / Excavation, Video, VideoDates set for 2024 dig – the final season of excavation at the NessAugust 2023: Excavation in Trench T. (📷 Doug Plummer) The dates for next year's excavation - the final season of ...Read More Sunday, August 27, 2023 / Excavation, NewsDrone photos from across the siteA superb selection of drone photos from Structure Eight team member Tom O'Brien. Click on any image for an enlargement ...Read More Friday, August 18, 2023 / ExcavationDiary Extra – The cover-up begins…The work to start covering over the trenches for the winter got under way this morning and although we didn't ...Read More Thursday, August 17, 2023 / ExcavationDig Diary – That’s it over for another year. Hopefully see you in 2024!Paul, Allyson and Estella stacking tyres by the side of Trench P. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Day Thirty-ThreeWednesday, August 16, 2023 ...Read More Wednesday, August 16, 2023 / ExcavationDig Diary – Another deposit of wood, this time around Structure TwentyNick J. excavating around the timber deposit to the north of Structure Twenty's exposed pier. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Day Thirty-TwoTuesday, ...Read More Tuesday, August 15, 2023 / ExcavationDiary Extra – 3d model of pillowstone fragment and a complete examplePaul Durdin's latest 3d model - the rhodochrosite pillowstone fragment from Structure Thirty today. Two other rhodochrosite pillowstones have been ...Read More Monday, August 14, 2023 / 3D Model, Artefacts, ExcavationDig Diary – A flint knife, pillowstone fragment and successful operation to recover timberCeiridwen and the beautiful flint knife she found this afternoon. (📷 Ceiridwen Blakely) Day Thirty-OneMonday, August 14, 2023 Where does ...Read More Monday, August 14, 2023 / ExcavationDig Diary – Thwarted by rain but a few nice pottery discoveriesSeeking shelter from the deluge in the supervisors' hut. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Day ThirtyFriday, August 11, 2023 Louise with the ...Read More Friday, August 11, 2023 / Excavation1 2 3 … 63 ›