Dig Updates

Day One Back on site again Welcome again to the Ness of Brodgar excavations. Another year has flown by and, ...
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Structure Ten
Next Saturday, May 5, sees the opening of the new summer exhibition at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, Kirkwall. Ness of ...
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Dave in the final throes of planning Structure 8.
The excavation on the Ness of Brodgar has been named the winner of the 2011 Andante Travels Archaeology Award. The ...
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Structure 11 being recorded by Jane and Kim.
The 2012 excavations on the Ness of Brodgar are due to begin on July 16, running until August 24. Site ...
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Day Twenty-Seven That's all folks...until next year Well, that is the end of the dig at the Ness of Brodgar ...
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Final planning around Structure 14.
Day Twenty-Six A day of sunshine and showers, which accurately reflects the mood of the team today. Lots of interesting ...
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The loneliness of the sole XRF operative - Scott finishes taking his last samples from Structure 10.
Day Twenty-Five Today was open day on the Ness, and people came from far and wide to see the amazing ...
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The Triple A Team.
Day Twenty-Four Slowly but surely, excavation at the Ness is declining in pace and in scope. Not through any lack ...
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The northern half of Structure 12.
Day Twenty-Three A momentous day We have dredged the bottom of our bucket of superlatives in order to describe what ...
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The central hearth of Structure Ten, under quadrant excavation as viewed by Hugo's PoleCam.
Day Twenty-Two Another hot day on the Ness, and an even hotter one in the trenches. Structure Fourteen turned out ...
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Ian removes the last of the fill from the robber trench along the east wall of Structure 12.
Day Twenty-One It is the beginning of week five - which is an alarming thought. Only this week and next ...
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Aerial view of Structure 11 - these are still just secondary deposits with primary floor levels still a long way off.
Day Twenty A new 'Comet Stone' Here is a question for all you blog readers out there in the archaeosphere ...
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