Dig Updates

(📷 Paul Durdin)
Paul Durdin's latest 3d model - the rhodochrosite pillowstone fragment from Structure Thirty today. Two other rhodochrosite pillowstones have been ...
/ 3D Model, Artefacts, Excavation
(Ceiridwen Blakely)
Ceiridwen and the beautiful flint knife she found this afternoon. (📷 Ceiridwen Blakely) Day Thirty-OneMonday, August 14, 2023 Where does ...
/ Excavation
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Seeking shelter from the deluge in the supervisors' hut. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Day ThirtyFriday, August 11, 2023 Louise with the ...
/ Excavation
(📷 Scott Pike)
The Ness team gather for a group picture. (📷 Scott Pike) Day Twenty-NineThursday, August 10, 2023 Today was photography day, ...
/ Excavation
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)
A few images from the marathon cleaning session ahead of today's photography session. Click on any image for larger versions ...
/ Excavation
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Another new model from Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin. Organic materials do not survive well in the acidic soil conditions ...
/ 3D Model, Excavation
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Slow and steady. Elena at work on the timber plank in Structure Twenty-Seven this afternoon. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Day Twenty-EightWednesday, ...
/ Excavation
Scott Pike
A new photogrammetric model from Paul Durdin showing a section of the exposed walls and pier of Structure Twenty, the ...
/ 3D Model, Excavation
(📷 Tom O'Brien)
The incised 'Brodgar Butterfly' motif found by Ceiridwen today. (📷 Tom O'Brien) Day Twenty-SevenTuesday, August 8, 2023 As we suspected ...
/ Excavation
(📷 Scott Pike)
A short video from Professor Scott Pike, showing Trench T and Structure Twenty-Seven ...
/ Excavation, Video
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Day Twenty-Six Monday, August 7, 2023 Week six dawned bright and sunny. What an absolutely gorgeous day to welcome a ...
/ Excavation
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Excavation under way in Structure Twenty-Seven's south-western end. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Day Twenty-FiveFriday, August 4, 2023 John Gater - of ...
/ Excavation