Dig Updates

Day Thirteen Midden matters Okay, we have to admit it. Over the past few days there has been a tendency ...
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Day Twelve Arran pitchstone One of the more unusual stones to be found at the Ness is pitchstone - that ...
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Day Eleven A day of new arrivals A new group of volunteers and students arrived on site today, many of ...
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Day Ten Colour in prehistory We will start with an update on the activities of our very distinguished visitors from ...
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Day Nine Too hot? In Orkney? We must admit it. Many of us have listened to the stories of colleagues ...
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Day Eight Carinated bowl in Structure Fourteen? Today was pottery day at the Ness, and, oh, what pottery. The prize find ...
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Day Seven A busy day and a hot one The sun has sizzled down on the Ness from early morning ...
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Day Six Welcoming the Willamettes Warm welcomes this morning to the students from Willamette University, Oregon, who have joined us ...
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Day Five Hacked, but back . . . It’s great to be back. Not that we have been anywhere in ...
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Day Four The midden baulks are removed in the CMA to the south of Structure One. (📷 ORCA) Nothing's going ...
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Day Three First find of the season Today, Trench T was opened, and in remarkably fast order. One minute it was ...
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Day Two After the excitement and heavy manual labour of yesterday, Day Two is usually characterised by just heavy manual ...
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