Damp and blustery on site but we’re open as scheduled
As forecast, the day dawned damp and blustery – but we are opening the site to visitors as scheduled and the tours will also run.
However, Orkney’s weather is notoriously… Read more
Author: Sigurd
Dig Diary – The covers are off. And back on again
Day Two
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
We completed the herculean task of removing the protective covers from Trenches P and T today – only to put some of them back… Read more
Dig Diary – Back in business with a full team!
Day One
Monday, July 4, 2022
The Ness of Brodgar has come alive once more.
After the long, frustrating months of Covid and the truncated excavation of 2021, we are… Read more
The last ‘Wednesday wildlife’ before its summer break
We’re back on site next week with the 2022 excavation starting on Monday, July 4.
So here’s our last Wednesday wildlife offering before it takes a summer break. The pictures… Read more
Back on site in seven days with focus on Structures One, Five, Eight, Ten and Twenty-Seven
In seven days, a full team of archaeologists will be back at the Ness of Brodgar for the first time since 2019.
Work resumes on Monday, July 4, and runs… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – cygnets and swans
More photographs from around the Ness of Brodgar from site director Nick Card. All images were taken with a large telephoto lens so as not to disturb the wildlife.… Read more
Summer exhibition puts spotlight on the people of the Ness
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve got an extra event running over the 2022 dig season – a six-week exhibition in Stenness village.
Entitled The Ness: Its people, the exhibition… Read more
Link: Explore Vinquoy chambered cairn with new 3d model
3d model of the Vinquoy chambered cairn, Eday, Orkney.
New 3d models of chambered cairns now available to explore as part of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Tombs of the Isles… Read more
Structure Eight: Bearing fruit
An update on Sarah-Jane Haston's research into the charred plant remains from Structure Eight. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – singing and swimming
This week’s photographic selection from Ness of Brodgar dig director Nick Card. All images were taken with a large telephoto lens so as not to disturb the wildlife.… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – bathed in sunshine
This week’s photographic selection from the lens of Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card.
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Link: A full summer of excavation in Orkney
The Ness of Brodgar is just one of the excavations resuming in Orkney this summer.
For more details see Orkney.com’s latest post.… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – ‘what big eyes you’ve got!’
Wednesday again, so here is this week’s photographic offering from site director Nick Card, showcasing some of the wildlife around the Ness of Brodgar.
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Orkney Archaeology Society’s 2022 review now available
A summary of last season’s excavation is among the Ness-related articles featured in the new 2022 Orkney Archaeology Society annual review. Read more
Talking rubbish – midden at the Ness of Brodgar
What is midden and where does it fit into the story of the Ness? Read more
Wednesday wildlife – bonxie attack!
This week’s selection of photographs from dig director Nick Card.
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