Category: Artefacts

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Post-conservation – the 2015 incised stone from Structure Eight

In a week that saw Structure Eight produce numerous examples of decorated stone, we also received a number of photographs of Ness artefacts that have undergone conservation work by experts… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Looking back: The carved stone ball from Structure Ten

Wednesday, August 7, 2013, was a special day in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavations. That was the day our only example of a carved stone ball was… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Dig Diary Extra – More photographs of Structure Eight’s ‘dotted’ stone

Artefacts / Excavation

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Dig Diary Extra – More photographs of Structure Eight/Seventeen stone

3D Model / Artefacts / Excavation

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Dig Diary Extra – 3D model of yesterday’s decorated stone

Decorated Stone Removed from Structure Eight/Seventeen on July 15, 2019… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

STOP PRESS – Structure Eight’s latest decorated stone

After yesterday’s discovery, we thought it couldn’t get any better. Then today, as the weary excavators began making their way home, the Structure Eight team emerged from the building clutching… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Monday, July 15, 2019

STOP PRESS – Decorated stone recovered from interior of Structure Eight

Structure Eight – or more correctly an earlier building lying beneath it – produced another stunning example of Neolithic decorate stone today. The stone, pictured above, was spotted by Lorna… Read more

Artefacts / News

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Ness spatulas in the research spotlight…

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

Artefacts / News

Monday, March 25, 2019

Decorated stone fragment recovered from flotation residues

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.

Artefacts / News

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Ness’s smallest bead measures just 2mm in diameter

Sometimes it’s the small things that astound — like this tiny stone bead discovered today. Measuring circa 2mm in diameter, the bead must have taken a steady hand and a… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Eagle-eyed Travis brings Ness pitchstone total to 25

That well known finds magnet strikes again… Travis, known to some of you from last years on site blog where he gained the reputation for finding several beautiful artefacts, has… Read more

Considering carved stone balls in British Archaeology issue 165. (Pic: Hugo Anderson-Whymark)

Artefacts / News

Saturday, February 9, 2019

New article ponders the mystery of carved stone balls

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 stone… Read more

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