The backfilling operation continues, with work in Trench P almost completeThe former Trench P looking south-east towards the Stones of Stenness. (📷 Ben Saunders) Backfilling the trenches began with Trench ...Read More Friday, September 27, 2024 / Excavation2006 excavation report available to downloadTrench J in 2006. (📷 ORCA) The next in our series of Data Structure Reports (DSR) is now available, with ...Read More Wednesday, September 18, 2024 / ExcavationThe boundary walls and revisiting the idea of an enclosed complex2024: Kevin in Trench Z, with the huge wall section visible at the right-hand side. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) In July, ...Read More Monday, September 2, 2024 / ExcavationLochside find for Time Team’s JohnThe ard recovered from the side of the Loch of Stenness. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) John Gater on site. (📷 Sigurd ...Read More Thursday, August 22, 2024 / ExcavationDig Diary – the stunning decorated stone recovered from Structure TwentyTravis working at the end of Structure Twenty's pier. (📷 Jo Bourne) Day Forty-FourTuesday, August 20, 2024 And here you ...Read More Tuesday, August 20, 2024 / ExcavationDiary extra – day forty-four in picturesSome of Jo Bourne's photographs from today. Click on any image for a larger version ...Read More Tuesday, August 20, 2024 / ExcavationDig Diary – that’s all folks (except for two final Ness ‘butterflies’)The end of an era. Jim removes the 'Open to the Public' sign from the gate for the last time ...Read More Friday, August 16, 2024 / ExcavationDiary extra – views from above on the last day of excavationTrench P. (📷 Tom O'Brien) A selection of drone images from Tom O'Brien showing the trenches and structures today. Click ...Read More Friday, August 16, 2024 / ExcavationDig Diary – bone in drain could produce a date for Structure Twenty-SevenThe paving overlying the drain found to contain a possible dateable cattle bone today. (📷 Jo Bourne) Day Forty-OneThursday, August ...Read More Thursday, August 15, 2024 / ExcavationDiary extra – marking the first International Mark Edmonds DayThe man himself (far right) with the striped tribute in his honour. (📷 Rosalind Neville-Smith) A few weeks before the ...Read More Thursday, August 15, 2024 / ExcavationDiary extra – catching up with photosA selection of pictures from today and yesterday ...Read More Thursday, August 15, 2024 / ExcavationA stark reminder why the Ness buildings cannot remain uncoveredLaminated stone removed from the upper walls of Structure Twelve yesterday. (📷 Jo Bourne) Since we announced that 2024 will ...Read More Thursday, August 15, 2024 / Excavation1 2 3 … 69 ›