Author: Sigurd
Dig Diary – Monday, July 4, 2016
Day One
And we’re off . . .
We’re back! After what seems like forever, the Ness of Brodgar is springing into life once more.
Ten months ago, this most iconic… Read more
Can you help fund Ness of Brodgar radiocarbon dates?
The Ness of Brodgar excavation project is appealing for donations to help fund 40 radiocarbon dates from the site.
The annual excavations rely on public donations and the generosity of… Read more
Ness of Brodgar 2016 dig dates confirmed
The dates for this year’s excavation on the Ness of Brodgar have been confirmed.
The dig will resume on Monday, July 4, running until Friday, August 26.
Guided tours of… Read more
Video: An introduction to the Ness of Brodgar excavations
A video introduction to the Ness of Brodgar excavation site. Read more
Ness of Brodgar excavation now on Google Street View
After a visit to the site in June, the Ness of Brodgar excavation site has been added to Google Street View.
The interactive, panoramic views allows Google Maps and Google… Read more
The Ness of Brodgar excavation site — in three dimensions
Regular readers of the excavation diary will have seen the references to Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark taking photographs to allow the creation of a 3d model of Trench P.
Over 600… Read more
The covers are back on . . .
Day Thirty-Nine
After eight weeks excavating in sun, wind and rain, the backbreaking task of putting the Ness of Brodgar to bed for the winter began today, Thursday, August… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Day Thirty-Eight
So long, and thank you all . . .
Well, dear readers, this is the last diary entry for the 2015 excavation season. Over the next two days… Read more
Dig Diary — Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Day Thirty-Seven
The baby in Structure One
We have rather sombre news today. Five thousand years ago, a tiny child, who died, at or near, birth, was buried in Structure… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 24, 2015
Day Thirty-Six
We begin today with a warning for the douce residents of Old Meldrum, in Aberdeenshire. There is a woman in your midst, charming and modest, who nevertheless has… Read more
Open Day — Sunday, August 23, 2015
Over 1,200 visitors . . .
We have had an absolutely amazing open day, with over 1,250 visitors enjoying a sunny, but rather blustery day.
It’s been a busy day,… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, August 21, 2015
Day Thirty-Five
A day of departures
Today is a day of departures. We said goodbye to the French film crew, who have been filming here all week and who have… Read more
‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ in Neolithic Orkney
Following on from site director Nick’s interview on PBS Newshour in February 2013, the ongoing Ness of Brodgar excavations feature in a new article online today.
Click here to read.… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 20, 2015
Day Thirty-Four
Thanks to the rain . . .
Today started with a plague of mayflies — those tiny white flies, which hatch out on the margins of Harray loch… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Day Thirty-Three
Dressed to impress
Those of you with access to even the most incompetent weather forecast will know that, here at the Ness, we have been suffering, yet again,… Read more
