Dig Diary – Second step-like feature built into the ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’Day Twenty-One Monday, August 1, 2022 Some of our diggers have worked in hot countries, which is just as well ...Read More Monday, August 1, 2022 / ExcavationDig Diary – Glorious weather sees crowds flock to Open DayDay Twenty Sunday, July 31, 2022 That's been a busy day! Almost 1,000 people visited the Ness of Brodgar excavation ...Read More Sunday, July 31, 2022 / ExcavationDig Diary – new wall section adds to the puzzle of Trench TDay Nineteen Thursday, July 28, 2022 We start today with an important reminder. Because our open day is on Sunday, ...Read More Thursday, July 28, 2022 / ExcavationDig Diary – There’s more to Structure Twenty-Seven than meets the eyeDay Eighteen Wednesday, July 28, 2022 It is an indisputable fact of archaeological life at the Ness that Structure Twenty-Seven ...Read More Wednesday, July 27, 2022 / ExcavationDig Diary Extra – Drone footage from Trench TTwo videos from Professor Scott Pike, of Willamette University, Oregon, USA, showing a drone ascent from Structure Twenty-Seven in Trench ...Read More Tuesday, July 26, 2022 / Excavation, VideoDig Diary – Human bone in Structure Eight and another (maybe not new) incised stoneDay Seventeen Tuesday, July 26, 2022 We begin today with some momentous news. Excavating an orthostatic box in Structure Eight, ...Read More Tuesday, July 26, 2022 / ExcavationDig Diary – curvilinear decoration in Structure Five and a Structure Twenty-Seven revelationDay Sixteen Monday, July 25, 2022 We know that we seem to have been unusually fixated on the weather in ...Read More Monday, July 25, 2022 / ExcavationView all of Trench P in glorious 3dNot all of Trench P has been opened this year, with Structures Twelve and Fourteen remaining under their protective covers ...Read More Saturday, July 23, 2022 / 3D Model, ExcavationDig Diary – Major rethink over Structure Eight’s entranceDay Fifteen Friday, July 22, 2022 We have reached the end of week three. It seems that time appears to ...Read More Friday, July 22, 2022 / ExcavationDig Diary Extra – 3d model of Structures Eight and EighteenA new model from Professor Scott Pike showing the northern end of Structure Eight, with Structure Eighteen, one of its ...Read More Thursday, July 21, 2022 / 3D Model, ExcavationDig Diary – What a day! Flint, incised art, dressers and a polissoirDay Fourteen Thursday, July 21, 2022 Conditions at the Ness were grey and damp as the diggers began arriving on ...Read More Thursday, July 21, 2022 / ExcavationDig Diary – Trench J’s largest axe brings 2022 total to threeDay Thirteen Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Today at the Ness was cool, breezy and pleasant, making perfect conditions for digging ...Read More Wednesday, July 20, 2022 / Excavation‹ 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 63 ›