Dig Updates

Day Twenty-Three Star find of the season so far One of our nicest finds this year emerged today — a ...
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Day Twenty-Two Amidst a world of green and brown, loch and sky... Interest is building over the possibilities contained within ...
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Day Twenty-One A meeting of minds There is a good deal of yawning on site today, which has nothing to ...
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Day Twenty At the centre... Alice Albinia on site. (📷 Jo Bourne) It’s commonplace to remember the first lines of ...
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Day Nineteen Provocative pits test patience! Once hailed the “mystery trench”, Trench T is now being, more appropriately, described as ...
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Day Eighteen The 'Great Wall' revealed again There used to be an element of fun about weather forecasts, especially in ...
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Ilana and Sarah uncover the new orthostat in Trench T.
Day Seventeen Curiouser and curiouser... It is difficult to know where to begin today, as the Ness has become like ...
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Day Sixteen Back to Trench J and the 'Great Wall of Brodgar' It is a chilly, wet Monday here at ...
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Day Fifteen Special guests and a first for the Ness! Sadly, we must acknowledge that we have a tendency to ...
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Day Fourteen Stonehenge-style 'incense cup' unearthed at the Ness As forecast, it rained and rained today, and then rained some ...
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Day Thirteen The mystery object will be revealed - but tomorrow (maybe) Yesterday, we were guilty of teasing you all, ...
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Day Twelve 'Butterflies' and jaunty angles STOP PRESS — Exciting new discovery in last few minutes of today — all ...
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