Wednesday wildlife – views from the lochsides
This week’s selection of photographs from around the Ness of Brodgar from site director Nick Card.
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Author: Sigurd
Between two walls – updated information on the Ness boundaries
Everyone who has visited the site during excavation season will have heard about the “Great Wall of Brodgar” and its southern counterpart “The Lesser Wall”.
Our understanding of their role… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – spring is in the air
We’ve passed the spring equinox and the days are growing longer than the night. A milestone reflected in this week’s selection of pictures from Ness site director Nick Card.
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Focus on finds: Structure Eight’s whalebone macehead
In 2010, an unusual whalebone macehead was found at the Ness. It was part of a cache of artefacts, which included a polished stone axe and a whale tooth. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – the calm after the storms
The past week has been decidedly unpleasant, weather-wise, but fortunately the sun did peek out on one or two occasions. As always site director Nick Card has been out and… Read more
Focus on finds: maceheads
There is no doubt that the Ness maceheads are among the most beautiful artefacts found on site - often using spectacular rock specifically selected for its visual impact, and sometimes clearly from outwith Orkney. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – owl on the prowl
This week’s photographic offering from Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card.… Read more
Focus on finds: Skaill knives (and how to make them)
“There is one type of stone implement very abundant at Skaill. These are flakes of hard old red sandstone. […] One edge is always thicker than the other, which is… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – longer days and (slightly) better weather
This week’s photographs of the wilder residents of the Ness from site director Nick Card.… Read more
Focus on finds: the Orkney vole
Vole remains found in Neolithic Orkney suggest the rodents arrived between 3455–3100BC, potentially from Belgium, France, or Spain. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – Stenness shots
This week’s selection of images from Ness of Brodgar dig director Nick Card.… Read more
‘World of Stonehenge’ offers a brief opportunity to step out of our century…
Visitors at the British Museum’s ‘The World of Stonehenge’ exhibition on Saturday. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Jo Bourne is a London-based supervisor and photographer at the Ness of Brodgar. In 2013… Read more
Intensely moved by the human stories at launch of ‘World of Stonehenge’
Guests at the launch of the British Museum’s World of Stonehenge exhibition view the Ness of Brodgar display. (📷 Antonia Thomas)
By Dr Antonia ThomasUHI Archaeology Institute
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The Knap of Howar, Papa Westray
Until the early years of the 21st century, the two buildings at the Knap of Howar had the distinction of being the earliest evidence of Neolithic settlement in Orkney. Read more
Free article access and talk mark opening of British Museum exhibition
To mark the opening of The World of Stonehenge at the British Museum today, British Archaeology magazine has made an article on the exhibition free to access until February 28,… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – dodging the storms
Wild day. Calm day. And then another wild day…
That seems to have been the picture for 2022 so far. But intrepid site director Nick has been out and about… Read more
