A new blog post from Pat Long: https://www.aboutorkney.com/2019/06/15/the-first-digger-at-the-ness-of-brodgar/
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 been gaining more work experience throughout the year assisting Cecily with sorting the residues from the sample flotation process. Occasionally …
One from our video archive – work getting under way uncovering and cleaning up Trench P in July 2010.
In 2016, we posted an aerial image created by Professor Scott Pike, of Willamette University, using his drone flying above Trench P. Taking a series of individual aerial shots, Scott compiled them into one large image, showing, in detail, the entirety of Trench P, including Trench X – the long, …
There was delight in the Ness pottery HQ this summer when two examples of pot bases, clearly imprinted with the marks of a basketry mat, were recovered – one from Structure Twenty-Six, the other from Trench T. This week, while working with the thousands of pottery sherds recovered to date …
The 2018 excavation season was blessed with nearly two months of uninterrupted sunshine and fair weather.
How easy it is to forget how bad conditions can be on site – as this video, by Joanne Bourne, from 2013 shows…
Delighted to discover a cache of pictures from 2007 this evening, showing Trench J (which was extended this year), Trench R (a short-lived trench opened to examine the “Great Wall of Brodgar” and Trench P – in the case of the latter is shows just how far we’ve come over …
An updated model of Trench J – containing Structure Five and a section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar” – created by supervisor Paul at the end of this season’s excavation. To view an earlier model of the site, click here.
Day Thirty-Eight That’s all folks! Well folks, that’s it. The 2018 dig season at the Ness is now over. Trowels have been replaced with tyres and the huge task of covering the entire site with sheets of plastic pinned down with car and truck tyres has begun. We have had …
Day Thirty-Seven Plans, pics and 3D models… It’s a sobering thought, but after today there is just one more excavation day left. What do we do with it? Well, we keep excavating although, as today, a good deal of effort goes into the essential work of tying up final plans, …
Day Thirty-Six Two new buildings and a possible Beaker shard We must own up. There is a degree of lassitude around the site today, partly as a reaction to yesterday’s Open Day, when more than a thousand people visited the Ness site and the demonstrations and activities at the Stenness …
Day Thirty-Five Sunshine brings crowds flocking to final Open Day Over 1,100 visitors flocked to the Ness today to view the site and special events laid on for the final Open Day of the season. In glorious sunshine, the crowds viewed ancient music, ancient cooking techniques and ancient artefacts, as …
