Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Day Eighteen
We’ll start today with the star find – a find that caused great excitement and led to our stone tools expert, Professor Mark Edmonds, being recalled from Kirkwall… Read more
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Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Day Seventeen
After the torrential rain of yesterday, this has been one of these calm, slightly claustrophobic days at the Ness, where the cloud is low and stationary, the water… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 6, 2012
Day Sixteen
And the rain came down . . .
Oh dear, oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
It has rained and rained on the Ness for most… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, August 3, 2012
Day Fifteen
Today, Friday, was a day of excellent archaeology and jaw-dropping technology to assist with the site recording.
Mark, from the University of the Highlands and Islands in Kirkwall,… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 2, 2012
Day Fourteen
Today, we will start with the best, the very best, find we have had in a while.
Professor Mark Edmonds arrived on site late in the afternoon and… Read more
The view from above . . .
The above aerial shot, taken by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), shows the 2012 excavation season getting under way last month.… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Day Thirteen
We have had an interesting day on the Ness, if blowy, wet and intermittently miserable.
Hugo, in Structure Fourteen and ancillary areas, was happy.
But Hugo is always… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Day Twelve
Media attention
The growing importance of the Ness as an archaeological site of international significance has come the inevitable international media attention.
In lots of ways this is… Read more
Dig diary – Monday, July 30, 2012
Day Eleven
So, here we are at the beginning of week three on the Ness, with a new intake of diggers. Among them, we are delighted to welcome the eminent ceramics… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 27, 2012
Day Ten
The end of week two
It is hard to believe that one-third of the digging season on the Ness is over already.
For some of the diggers and… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 26, 2012
Day Nine
‘Lifting Day’ dawns
Today at the Ness started bright and sunny, but with a distinctly nervy feeling in the air.
The reason lay quietly in the trench, just… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Day Eight
On many archaeological sites, each day can bring a different pace of activity and excitement, and today is definitely a step-change from yesterday.
For a start, the weather… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Day Seven
Welcome, once more, to everyone out there in the archaeosphere from a very sunny and hot Ness of Brodgar.
There were some groans of anticipation early in the… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 23, 2012
Day Six
And so into week two and, fortunately, after the deluge yesterday, the sun is once again shining on the Ness.
It was quite a baptism of fire for… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 20, 2012
Day Five
A viking invasion!
It’s the end of week one and all seems well in the world of the Ness – and what a first week (site director Nick… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 19, 2012
Day Four
The weather in Orkney can be variable to say the least! Nick the director swears that the only place he has ever suffered heat stroke was in Orkney… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Day Three
A wonder of the Neolithic world
And lo and behold – the sun finally shone on the Ness. Not that we are really complaining about the weather over… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Day Two
Getting down to business
Day two at the Ness has started and the hearts of the team are on a high as the last of the sandbags have… Read more
