Last night’s pre-excavation lecture, in Kirkwall, by site director Nick Card. The talk, hosted by the Orkney Archaeology Society, was entitled Ness of Brodgar to a ‘T’ and looked back over last year’s discoveries and the plans for 2018 – in particular work scheduled for the enigmatic Trench T and the massive structure …
In February 1925, a farmer ploughing a field on the Ness of Brodgar came across what was then thought to be a series of prehistoric graves. Even back then, such finds were not uncommon, so the man set about removing the “offending and awkward stones” from his land. It …
With our team of international diggers due back on the Ness of Brodgar in a matter of weeks, now is a good time to catch up on some of the highlights from last year’s eight-week excavation… Orkney-Wessex links In 2017, the Ness lived up to its reputation of throwing up …
Day Forty Farewell and thank you all . . . That’s it folks. The wonderful Ness of Brodgar has returned to its winter slumber, with the sheets of black plastic tenderly wrapped over it. It has been a tremendous season of archaeology, and we want to begin this …
Day Thirty-Nine From the Art Hut — an artist-in-residence special Karen Wallis This was my second year as an Artist in Residence on the Ness of Brodgar. Last year everything was new to me and, by the end of my four weeks, I was only just beginning to understand what …
Day Thirty-Six The end is nigh… Tuesday dawned cold and windy and stayed that way. The wind is whistling in from the east and the air temperature has dropped several notches and is showing no signs of reviving. Life, and archaeology, goes on, however, and there is a palpable sense …
