Category: Artefacts

The spatulate stone tools found at the Ness over the past few years are the subject of a new research project this summer. Archaeology Institute UHI undergraduate Gary Lloyd has… Read more

Eagle-eyed Cecily has recovered another beautiful find from the flotation residues. After last week’s tiny bead, this time she has found a small fragment of thin flagstone, unusually decorated on both… Read more

The 2mm carved stone bead from Structure Twenty-Six beside a penny to give some idea of scale. A closer view of the tiny Structure Twenty-Six bead. Sometimes it’s the small… Read more

Ness director Nick Card is pictured (right) in an article in the latest edition of British Archaeology magazine on the enigmatic carved stone balls of Scotland. Over 200 carved… Read more