Wednesday wildlife – lochside activity
A new selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.… Read more
Author: Sigurd
The Ring of Bookan
A mile or so north west of the Ring of Brodger, the ditched enclosure known as the Ring of Bookan comprises a flat-bottomed ditch surrounding an oval, raised platform. Read more
Crossiecrown settlement – part two
Parallels with Barnhouse and the Ness of Brodgar hint that the Crossiecrown “double-house” was more than a dwelling. The quality of the internal stonework, the deposited artefacts and the fact the Red House had been “decorated” suggests we have another example of a “big house” – a structure with “enhanced ancestral significance and status”. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – around the water
This week’s selection of photographs from Ness of Brodgar excavation director Nick Card.… Read more
Funded MRes available looking at Ness of Brodgar burnt animal bone
The burnt animal bone assemblage from the Ness of Brodgar is the subject of a new funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentship available from the UHI Archaeology Institute. Read more
Crossiecrown settlement – part one
The Crossiecrown settlement lay in the northern shadow of Wideford Hill, on low ground to the north-east of the Quanterness cairn. Occupied from around 3300BC to 1800BC, the site spanned the Orcadian Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – otter and eel
Otter encounters around the Ness mean we’ve got a bumper selection of photographs from site director Nick this week.
As you’ll see from the pics, the otter was wrestling with… Read more
The rise and fall of the Ness complex
An update looking at the biography of the Ness of Brodgar complex – from its earliest days to eventual abandonment.
Click here to read.… Read more
Recollections of working stone: Incised lines – a matter of ambidexterity?
The second account of Ness volunteer Lorraine Clay's foray into experimental archaeology over the summer of 2022. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – who’s watching who?
This week’s photographs from site director Nick Card.
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Video: The Ness on History Hit TV
Historian Tristan Hughes visited the Ness of Brodgar this summer, to film for the History Hit TV programme Mysteries of Prehistoric Scotland: Stone Age Orkney.
Although the full programme… Read more
Recollections of working stone: part one
The first part of Ness volunteer Lorraine Clay's foray into experimental archaeology over the summer of 2022. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – after the equinox
Autumn is well and truly upon us. And with the passing of the vernal equinox, the dark returns.
But taking advantage of the bright spells between rain and gales, site… Read more
Structure Five – updated and rewritten
Our understanding of Structure Five, the oldest building excavated on site to date, has come on in leaps and bounds.
So we’ve completely updated its entry to reflect this.… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – look to the skies
A little later than usual, but here’s this week’s selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.… Read more
2022 excavation at the Ness commended in Scottish Parliament
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament welcoming the successful completion of another excavation season at the Ness of Brodgar.
This is the third time… Read more
