Buildings through time: Structure Five
For the last in our series looking at the excavation of each major building on site over time, we turn to Trench J and Structure Five – the earliest building uncovered on site so...
Category: Excavation
Buildings through time: Structure Twenty-Seven
For the next in our series looking at the excavation of each major building on site over time, we jump across to Trench T and the enigmatic Structure Twenty-Seven. See also 2016 – Trench...
Buildings through time: Structure Twenty-Six
The next in our series looking at the excavation of each major building on site over time focuses on the smaller and later Structure Twenty-Six. The excavation of Structure Twenty-Six began in August 2016,...
Buildings through time: Structure Fourteen
The latest in our series looking at the excavation of each major building over time focuses on Structure Fourteen. See also 3D model of Structure Fourteen: 2016 3D model of Structure Fourteen: 2014
Buildings through time: Structure Eight
The latest in our series looking at the excavation of each major building over time focuses on Structure Eight. See also Video – Structure Eight from above.
Buildings through time: Structure Ten
The latest in our series looking at the excavation of each major building over time focuses on Structure Ten. See also 3D model of Trench P.
Buildings through time: Structure Twelve
The next in our series looking at the excavation of each major structure over time focuses on Structure Twelve.
Buildings through time: Structure One
Unsurprisingly, things have changed considerably over the years of work at the Ness. So we thought it would be interesting to compile a collection of photographs showing the excavation of each major structure over...
The Science of the Ness – 2020 Orkney Science Festival talk
In this talk for the 2020 Orkney Science Festival, site director Nick Card outlines the scientific techniques involved in excavation and post-excavation work and is joined by two colleagues from the Archaeology Institute...
The Ness – a place of compulsive building, rebuilding and alteration
Diary – Friday, August 14, 2020 Day Thirty The weather saw excavation on this day in 2012 cancelled. Torrential rain lashed the site for much of the day, leaving surfaces dangerously slippy and the...