Buildings through time: Structure Eight
The latest in our series looking at the excavation of each major building over time focuses on Structure Eight.
![The relationship between Structure Eight and its predecessors, Structures Seventeen and Eighteen.](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Structure-Eight-17-18.png?resize=700%2C422&ssl=1)
The relationship between Structure Eight and its predecessors, Structures Seventeen and Eighteen.
![July 2007. Structure Eight wallheads. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2007-st8-1.jpg?resize=700%2C465&ssl=1)
July 2007. Structure Eight wallheads. (ORCA)
![July 2007: Excavation under way on Structure Eight. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2007-st8-2.jpg?resize=700%2C465&ssl=1)
July 2007: Excavation under way on Structure Eight. (ORCA)
![2008: Piers and recesses. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2008-st8-1.jpg?resize=700%2C465&ssl=1)
2008: Piers and recesses. (ORCA)
![2009: Structure Eight from the photography tower. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2009-st8-1.jpg?resize=700%2C469&ssl=1)
2009: Structure Eight from the photography tower. The corner of Structure Ten is visible in the bottom left of the picture. (ORCA)
![August 2010: the north end of the building and single entrance. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2010-st8-1.jpg?resize=700%2C469&ssl=1)
August 2010: the north end of the building and single entrance. (ORCA)
![August 2010: Structure Eight with Structure Ten to the left. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2010-st8-2.jpg?resize=700%2C469&ssl=1)
August 2010: Structure Eight (north end) with Structure Ten to the left. (ORCA)
![2011: Interior rubble cleared and hearths visible. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2011-st8-1.jpg?resize=700%2C467&ssl=1)
2011: Interior rubble cleared and hearths visible. (ORCA)
![2011: Structure Eight plan. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2011-St-8-plan.png?resize=700%2C494&ssl=1)
2011: Structure Eight plan. (ORCA)
![2012: Inside Structure Eight looking north towards the entrance. (ORCA)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2012-st8-1.jpg?resize=700%2C467&ssl=1)
2012: Inside Structure Eight looking north towards the entrance. (ORCA)
![2015: Aerial view. (Hugo Anderson-Whymark)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2015-St-8.jpg?resize=700%2C435&ssl=1)
2015: Aerial view, showing the later Structure Ten biting into the south-eastern corner of Structure Eight. (Hugo Anderson-Whymark)
![2015: Aerial view. (Hugo Anderson-Whymark)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2015-Str-8.jpg?resize=700%2C467&ssl=1)
2015: Aerial view. (Hugo Anderson-Whymark)
![2016: House of hearths. (Scott Pike)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2016-St-8.jpg?resize=700%2C489&ssl=1)
2016: House of hearths. (Scott Pike)
![2018: Aerial view. (Scott Pike)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Structure-8-Ortho-view-11th-July.jpg?resize=700%2C420&ssl=1)
2018: Aerial view. (Scott Pike)
![2019: Aerial view. (Scott Pike)](https://i0.wp.com/www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-st8.jpg?resize=700%2C496&ssl=1)
2019: Aerial view. (Scott Pike)