Wednesday wildlife – week thirteen
Another selection of photographs from the camera of dig director Nick Card.
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Author: Sigurd
A remarkable pottery sherd…
Diary – Tuesday, July 14, 2020Day Seven
2014: The last of the stones holding down the protective covers are removed from Structure Twelve. (📷 ORCA)
Six years ago today, the… Read more
A natural cursus? Water, walls and walking the Ness
Previously we saw that the Dyke of Sean was perhaps once one of three — or possibly four — walls that ran the width of the Ness of Brodgar in the Neolithic. Did these define specific areas – dividing the isthmus into distinct segments of “graded” space – and controlled movement and visibility through them? Read more
Hints there’s something beyond Structure Twelve’s entrance…
Diary – Monday, July 13, 2020Day Six
Colin reveal a new pecked design in the east entrance to Structure Twelve. (📷 ORCA)
We’re back for week two and looking out… Read more
The art of archaeological planning
Cecily planning Structure Seven way back in 2007. (📷 ORCA)
Alice planning in the Central Midden Area. (📷 ORCA)
Visit the Ness site at any time during an excavation season… Read more
Seaweed, a standing stone and the ‘corner of loveliness’ revealed
Dig Diary – Friday, July 10, 2020
Day Five
Here we are at the end of what would have been the first week of the 2020 excavation… Read more
Diary – Thursday, July 9, 2020
Day Four
Sorry folks but once again I start this diary with the weather.
But in 2015 it was foul, meaning much of Thursday, July 9, 2015, was taken up… Read more
From the Art Hut – looking back…
By Karen Wallis
On July 5, 2018, I paid my first visit to Trench Y.
Mike Copper and his team were searching for the enclosure wall beside the Stenness loch.… Read more
Diary – Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Day Three
This day, five years ago, will long be remembered as a historical milestone in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavation.
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Diary extra – a summertime wander around the Ring of Brodgar
With some work to do at Ness dig HQ, Sigurd decided to take a wander around the Ring of Brodgar first. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – week twelve
A feast of fauna from around the Ness of Brodgar, captured on camera by dig director Nick Card.
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Diary – Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Day Two
You may be wondering why our first diary of 2020 concentrated only on excavation from 2015 onwards. The reason is that before 2015 our fieldwork seasons lasted only… Read more
