Category: Excavation

Monday, July 26, 2021

Traces of Neolithic snack found outside Structure Twelve

Dig Diary – Day Twenty-One Monday, July 26, 2021 Well, here’s something new…rain! Twenty-four hours ago the weather in Orkney was blistering. Temperatures reached over 70F (21C) and if you… Read more

Excavation

Friday, July 23, 2021

Finds, floors and a film premiere!

Dig Diary – Day Twenty Friday, July 23, 2021 The Ness has had many notable “firsts” but today we became one of the very, very few archaeological sites worldwide to… Read more

Excavation

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Dig Diary Extra – views from above

A selection of this afternoon’s drone photographs from Structure Twelve supervisor Jim Rylatt.… Read more

Excavation

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Saddle quern fragment recovered from Structure Twelve

Dig Diary – Day Nineteen Thursday, July 22, 2021 We’ll begin today’s diary in Structure Ten, where dig director Nick and supervisors Jo and Sinead got together to formulate a… Read more

Artefacts / Ceramics / Excavation

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Dig Diary Extra – a ‘striking piece of fine pottery’

Excavation

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Is Structure Five earlier than the ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’?

Dig Diary – Day Eighteen Wednesday, July 21, 2021 We’ll start today with three interesting developments in Structure Twelve. Working just outside the south wall Ole has found a striking… Read more

Excavation

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Early buildings, special visitors and Structure Five gets more complex

Dig Diary – Day Seventeen Tuesday, July 20, 2021 There are many things in this world, dear reader, that we thought we would never see. High up on that list… Read more

3D Model / Excavation

Monday, July 19, 2021

It’s large, it’s Grooved Ware and now available as a 3D model

Dig Diary – Day Sixteen Monday, July 19, 2021 We have a real treat for you today. You will recall we told you last week about the very large Grooved… Read more

Excavation / Video

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Excavating Trench J: a time-lapse video

Excavation

Friday, July 16, 2021

Astonished by the finesse of latest pot sherd decoration

Colin and Duncan begin the operation to remove the scrappy, later wall to the west of Structure Thirty-Two. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Dig Diary – Day FifteenFriday, July 16, 2021 Some… Read more

Excavation

Thursday, July 15, 2021

The giant pot kept coming…

Dig Diary – Day Fourteen Thursday, July 15, 2021 The day began much as it ended yesterday – the operation to remove the sherds of the giant pot outside… Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

A gigantic pot sherd and the building beneath Structure Ten

Dig Diary – Day Thirteen Wednesday, July 14, 2021 We have already mentioned the very large pot which has been uncovered near the blocked north-west entrance to Structure Twelve. Well,… Read more

Excavation

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Another polished stone axe from Trench J

Dig Diary – Day Twelve Tuesday, July 13, 2021 It been another day of trench extensions across the site – but not particularly large ones. In Trench J,… Read more

Excavation

Monday, July 12, 2021

Small but perfectly formed – Trench J’s miniature axehead

Dig Diary – Day Eleven Monday, July 12, 2021 We’re losing count of the extensions to Trench J this year. There have certainly been three and it looks likely… Read more

Excavation

Friday, July 9, 2021

We’ve got it! Structure Five’s western wall revealed

Dig Diary – Day Ten Friday, July 9, 2021 If you want to be really rude to an archaeologist, call them a “wall chaser”. The term implies all that was… Read more

Excavation

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Clipboards, trowels and a find or two…

Dig Diary – Day Nine Thursday, July 8, 2021 Well, that’s been another good, productive day. All across the site the dig team have ironed out the week-one teething troubles… Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Big bones, a big pot and another extension for Trench J

Dig Diary – Day Eight Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Extending a trench is no small matter. It’s really only justified if you have a pressing question which needs answering, and… Read more

Excavation

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Drain delving in Structure Twelve

Dig Diary – Day Seven Tuesday, July 6, 2021 After an afternoon of rain yesterday, day seven dawned brightly and the sun shone all day. Don’t worry. We’re… Read more

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