Hit by the weather again!
After a day basking in glorious sunshine, Orkney’s weather did what it does best – change! Gales, rain and thunder saw excavation work cancelled this morning.
It’s forecast to improve… Read more
Author: Sigurd
Day Seventeen in pictures…
A few pictures from a glorious day on site from Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.
Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Day Seventeen
Sunshine, blistering heat and flies…
Wow. What a day. Blistering heat. Flies. Dust.
See, us archaeology types are never happy. Just last week we were complaining about the… Read more
Dig Diary extra – the Structure Twelve ‘passage’ from above
The putative passageway (or is it a recess?) between Structures Twelve and Twenty Six, as recorded by Professor Scott Pike this afternoon.
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Dig Diary – Monday, July 22, 2019
Day Sixteen
‘An absolute sea of orthostats’
We had the first of our Ness Open Days yesterday and the site and the Stenness Community Centre were inundated with visitors.
It… Read more
Day Fifteen in pictures…
A selection of pictures from today’s open day from Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.
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Dig Diary – Sunday, July 21, 2019
Day Fifteen
Definitely a ‘Special Sunday’
Well, dear readers, that has been a truly marvellous day.
Almost 800 visitors attended the first of our “Special Sunday” open days and the… Read more
Our first ‘Special Sunday’ from above…
Three drone pictures from Professor Scott Pike of today’s Special Sunday open day.
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‘Current Archaeology’ Ness of Brodgar article – download for free
The Ness of Brodgar excavation featured in the February 2018 edition of Current Archaeology magazine.
But such was the demand that all printed copies sold out quickly.
However, thanks to… Read more
Post-conservation – the 2015 incised stone from Structure Eight
In a week that saw Structure Eight produce numerous examples of decorated stone, we also received a number of photographs of Ness artefacts that have undergone conservation work by experts… Read more
Looking back: The carved stone ball from Structure Ten
Wednesday, August 7, 2013, was a special day in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavations.
That was the day our only example of a carved stone ball was… Read more
Link: ‘Stunning’ decorated Neolithic stone discovered in Orkney
A link to the BBC article on this week’s finds from Structure Eight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-49030379… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 18, 2019
Day Fourteen
Revelations and cloud dodging
Oh what would we give for a day of uninterrupted excavation!
Thursday dawned bright and reasonably clear and as the morning wore on the… Read more
Decorated stone keeps coming…
Perhaps not as grand as the examples earlier this week, but another decorated stone slab was found in Structure Eight today.
The incised decoration is essentially the same “classic” banded… Read more
Day Thirteen in pictures…
Rain brought excavation to a halt early today. But here’s a selection of pictures. Click on a thumbnail for a larger version.
Photographs by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.… Read more
