Official Ness of Brodgar guidebook now available
The first book to tell the story of the Ness of Brodgar excavation site – from its discovery, in 2003, to the end of the 2014 excavation season – is… Read more
Author: Sigurd
Where it all began . . .
Trawling though my photograph archive (while looking for something entirely different) I came across the original pictures, from April 8, 2003, of the discovery on the Ness that started it all!… Read more
‘Building up to a new season at the Ness of Brodgar’
A new article, written by Andrew Learmonth, about preparations for this season’s excavation has been posted on Orkney.com. Click here to read.… Read more
Dig director in Texas on lecture tour
Nick Card at work on site. (Picture: Jim Richardson)
The Ness of Brodgar excavation director was back in the USA in April, on a lecture tour brought about by last year’s article… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Day Twenty-Seven
Done for another year
That’s it, folks. With great sadness we have to say that this is the last dig diary of the 2014 season at the Ness.… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 18, 2014
Day Twenty-Six
Appeal for volunteers
We have job opportunities today, very rare ones, which only occur just once a year.
Yes, it is time to think again about the job… Read more
Dig Diary – Sunday, August 17, 2014
Day Twenty-Five
Wow, what a day!
The Ness always looks at its happiest when there are visitors around and today, our Open Day, they came in droves.
It was nice… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 14, 2014
Day Twenty-Four
Farewell Willamettes
Sadly, today is the last day for the Willamettes, that intrepid bunch of students from deepest darkest Oregon, led by their Professor, Scott Pike. They have… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Day Twenty-Three
A day of fantastic finds!
Today has seen the most fantastic finds emerge from the soils and midden of the Ness.
Not that this… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Day Twenty-Two
‘I bet that’s a standing stone’
Let’s wind back to the beginning of this year’s dig, when site director, Nick, and Structure Twelve supervisor, Jim, were standing musing… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 11, 2014
Day Twenty-One
Something special . . .
We promised you in the last blog that something special might be happening soon.
Well, it has only… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, August 8, 2014
Day Twenty
Two weeks left!
This is the end of busy week four at the Ness and, horror of horrors, there are only two weeks left of the 2014 season.… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 7, 2014
Day Nineteen
The view from above . . .
We have a real treat for you today. With a wonderful, steady breeze, and with the sun streaming down, Hugo launched the “Flying… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Day Eighteen
A day of rain . . .
This is day two of the diary pottery special – largely because the Ness is being pounded, at the minute, by… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Day Seventeen
A glimpse of the Iron Age?
Today was pottery day at the Ness. Aren’t you lucky? Okay, we’re biased, but those who moan about yet another pottery sherd… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 4, 2014
Day Sixteen
Getting complicated in Structure One
Structure One has been primped and polished to within an inch of its life today and is looking beautiful.
Hugo took more excellent… Read more
