Dig Diary — Wednesday, August 7, 2013Day Eighteen The repertoire complete . . . We have found a carved stone ball! There you have it. We ...Read More Wednesday, August 7, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Tuesday, August 6, 2013Day Seventeen We are delighted to announce that we have a new building. Site director Nick and Structure Twelve supervisor, ...Read More Tuesday, August 6, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Monday, August 5, 2013Day Sixteen A law of archaeology . . . . . . when the sun is beating down and everyone is ...Read More Monday, August 5, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Friday, August 2, 2013Day Fifteen A plan for Trench T Just in case the good folk of Trench T feel a little neglected, ...Read More Friday, August 2, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Thursday, August 1, 2013Day Fourteen There is a strange meteorological process in Orkney which is seen nowhere else in the world. It occurs ...Read More Thursday, August 1, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Wednesday, July 31, 2013Day Thirteen The finest so far Mike is indeed a very lucky man – not just one piece of art ...Read More Wednesday, July 31, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Tuesday, July 30, 2013Day Twelve We detect some of the visiting students and diggers on site looking at us Orkney residents today with ...Read More Tuesday, July 30, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Monday, July 29, 2013Day Eleven A strange sort of sticky goo is leaking from the screen of the laptop on which this blog ...Read More Monday, July 29, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Friday, July 26, 2013Day Ten As delicate operations go, the lifting of large and crumbling bits of pottery is just about as delicate ...Read More Friday, July 26, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Thursday, July 25, 2013Day Nine We told you in the last post about Jo’s fantastic inscribed stone from the northern end of Structure Twelve ...Read More Thursday, July 25, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Wednesday, July 24, 2013Day Eight Trench T, the new one on the far side of the house from the main site, is living ...Read More Wednesday, July 24, 2013 / ExcavationDig Diary — Tuesday, July 23, 2013Day Seven Today is nice and sunny at the Ness. We appear to be in a little bubble of brightness, ...Read More Tuesday, July 23, 2013 / Excavation‹ 1 … 54 55 56 57 58 … 63 ›