Updated Trench P plan ...Read More Wednesday, May 2, 2018 / ExcavationDig Diary – Friday, August 25, 2017Day Forty Farewell and thank you all . . . That’s it folks. The wonderful Ness of Brodgar has returned ...Read More Friday, August 25, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Thursday, August 24, 2017Day Thirty-Nine From the Art Hut — an artist-in-residence special Karen Wallis This was my second year as an Artist ...Read More Thursday, August 24, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Wednesday, August 23, 2017Day Thirty-Eight The cover-up begins ...Read More Wednesday, August 23, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Tuesday, August 22, 2017Day Thirty-Six The end is nigh... Tuesday dawned cold and windy and stayed that way. The wind is whistling in ...Read More Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Monday, August 21, 2017Day Thirty-Six Jaw-dropping visitor numbers It takes a lot for Ness of Brodgar jaws to drop, but that is what ...Read More Monday, August 21, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Sunday, August 20, 2017Day Thirty-Five A record-breaking open day The visitor record tumbled today as we welcomed almost 1,300 people to the Ness ...Read More Sunday, August 20, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Thursday, August 17, 2017Day Thirty-Four Puzzling developments and another 'butterfly' stone Cleaning, planning and photography occupied much of today at the Ness, all ...Read More Thursday, August 17, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Wednesday, August 16, 2017Day Thirty-Three Stone Age slow cooking... A huge amount of planning, drawing and photography is taking place on site today ...Read More Wednesday, August 16, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Tuesday, August 15, 2017Day Thirty-Two Structure Twenty-Seven revelations We are nearing the end of excavation for this year, with six days left of ...Read More Tuesday, August 15, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Monday, August 14, 2017Day Thirty-One A building older than Structure Twenty-Seven? “Execrable” is such a good word. It described last Friday’s weather perfectly, ...Read More Monday, August 14, 2017 / ExcavationDig Diary – Friday, August 11, 2017Day Thirty Decorated stones and technical wizardry The weather is execrable today, utterly execrable. There was heavy rain in the ...Read More Friday, August 11, 2017 / Excavation‹ 1 … 45 46 47 48 49 … 69 ›