Dig Diary – Thursday, July 21, 2016
Day Fourteen
More bone and a second notched stone
Miracle of miracles! A very nice lady visited the Ness today, seized the diary by the arm and insisted that there… Read more
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Diary Extra – Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Around the world in 80 models . . .
Regular diary readers will have seen Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark’s marvellous 3D reproductions of the Ness of Brodgar excavation site, as well as his… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Day Thirteen
Human remains under Structure Ten
Our determination to talk about the weather yesterday has come back to bite us with a vengeance. We had barely recovered from yesterday’s… Read more
Diary Extra – Tuesday, July 19, 2016
We’re basking in sunshine . . .
We don’t get them often, but today was a scorcher of a day – although, I will admit that it was a little… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Day Twelve
What a difference a day makes . . .
We have no idea how hot it got at the Ness today. Suffice to say that it was horribly… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 18, 2016
Day Eleven
Thwarted by the rain . . . but there’s big news coming
This is not a day we wish to remember. It drizzled, then it rained, then it… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 15, 2016
Day Ten
Fingers crossed for a chambered tomb
Today, we have startling news from Trench T – the one which runs from the huge midden beyond the house and down… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 14, 2016
Day Nine
Foundation deposit beneath Structure Ten?
Today started tranquilly enough in Trench X as UHI and Willamette students were taught the rudiments of planning.
Many experienced diggers enjoy planning.… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Day Eight
A day of discoveries
Today it’s time to turn to Trench T (for all you pedants out there, yes, the diary does love a spot of alliteration). This… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Day Seven
The finds emerge. . .
Regular and eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that there has not been much mention made thus far of wonderful finds. To be terribly… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 11, 2016
Day Six
Some timely arrivals . . .
Reinforcements arrived on site today, and not before time. The Ness has developed, over the years, into a site which is both… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 7, 2016
Day Four
Ladies and gentlemen, may we present . . . Trench X
Today, the serious archaeology continued with geoarchaeologist Jo McKenzie’s sampling of the floors in Structure Twelve.
But while Jo… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Day Three
Cleaning rocks in the hot sun . . .
The diary has a real problem today. By the end of many hours in the hot Orkney sun, it… Read more
Diary Extra — Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Reader’s of today’s diary entry will have seen the photograph of Hugo Anderson-Whymark with his “latest gizmo” – a Panono “ball camera” that is a rather wonderful, and impressive, piece of kit.
Inside… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Day Two
The trench with no name . . .
Today started ominously for, as work began first thing in the morning, a glance south-eastwards showed a huge bank of… Read more
