Author: Sigurd
Dig Diary – Monday, August 7, 2017
Day Twenty-Six
Water, water everywhere
It was supposed to rain this morning, so site director Nick kept the diggers away on the expectation that the rain would go away after… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, August 4, 2017
Day Twenty-Five
A box, an entrance and the revenge of Trench T
There were a number of interesting developments at the Ness today.
The first concerns an intriguing… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 3, 2017
Day Twenty-Four
Great walls and long-distance links
Orkney, or at least the part on which the Ness of Brodgar is situated, made a very passable imitation of the Malaysian jungle… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Day Twenty-Three
Star find of the season so far
One of our nicest finds this year emerged today — a double pot found by Matt in Trench T.
This… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Day Twenty-Two
Amidst a world of green and brown, loch and sky…
Interest is building over the possibilities contained within Trench J at the Ness, which itself holds the likely… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 31, 2017
Day Twenty-One
A meeting of minds
There is a good deal of yawning on site today, which has nothing to do with the sultry weather.
Neither is it connected, in… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 28, 2017
Orkney is at the centre of the book I am writing, and at the centre of Orkney is the Ness. Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 27, 2017
Day Nineteen
Provocative pits test patience!
Once hailed the “mystery trench”, Trench T is now being, more appropriately, described as the “insanely annoying trench”.
It is testing supervisor Ben… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Day Eighteen
The ‘Great Wall’ revealed again
There used to be an element of fun about weather forecasts, especially in the bad old days when they were inaccurate.
Back then,… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Day Seventeen
Curiouser and curiouser…
It is difficult to know where to begin today, as the Ness has become like a vast sweet shop, in which we greedy archaeological… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 24, 2017
Day Sixteen
Back to Trench J and the ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’
It is a chilly, wet Monday here at the Ness, but something new and exciting is happening.
After… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 21, 2017
Day Fifteen
Special guests and a first for the Ness!
Sadly, we must acknowledge that we have a tendency to complain. We object strongly when the wind is howling, when… Read more
