More images of today’s incised stone
Four more photographs of the incised stone found in the cell outside Structure Twelve’s eastern entrance today.
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Category: Excavation
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Day Thirty-Three
‘Compulsive building, re-building, alteration and improvement’
After the massive cleaning exercise for yesterday’s photo sessions, the Ness is looking magnificent today in the sunshine.
The buildings are sharply… Read more
Time is running out for free tours of the Ness dig
With the 2019 drawing to a close next Friday, August 23, 2019, there’s not much time left if you want to take advantage of our free site tours.
The last… Read more
Some of the fruits of our labours…
Cleaning Trench P from top to bottom was completed today and the photography sessions began in earnest.
Here are some of the images from Professor Scott Pike. Click on any… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Day Thirty-Two
More cleaning and photography
Not much to report today – cleaning continued in Trench P in preparation for this afternoon’s marathon photography session. And when complete the buildings… Read more
Trench P from above – preview shots
For the first time in years, all of Trench P has been completely uncovered and cleaned thoroughly ahead of overhead photography tomorrow.
The cleaning work will be finished tomorrow morning… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 12, 2019
Day Thirty-One
Clean-up operation in Trench P
It’s been an incredibly busy day on site, with the efforts of all remaining 60 plus diggers diverted to a massive clean-up of… Read more
Volunteers needed to help cover the site
It’s that time again.
With just eight days left of the 2019 excavation, we’re looking for some hardy volunteers to help us cover the site.
By next Wednesday, August 21,… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, August 9, 2019
Day Thirty
Wind, puzzling structures and a Neolithic bull!
To be honest today has been a bit of a struggle.
The day started grey and windy and became very windy… Read more
Drone images – Structures One, Twenty-Seven and Trench T
As we mentioned earlier, Professor Scott Pike launched his drone for record shots of Trench T as well as Structure One.
Here are a few of the day’s photographs. Click… Read more
Day Twenty-Nine in pictures…
A few photographs from today by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.
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Incised flagstone – more pictures
The light this morning was slightly better than yesterday, so here’s a few more pictures of easily reached sections of the incised flagstone found in the cell outside Structure Twelve’s… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 8, 2019
Day Twenty-Nine
More ‘cupmarks’ and a momentous occasion
We reached a momentous landmark today!
As we near the end of our 12th year of major excavation, our 40,000th small find… Read more
Dig Diary Extra – another view of Structure Twelve entrance cell incised stone
Another difficult stone to photograph – not only because of the light this afternoon but its sheer size. But hopefully this will give an idea of the number of incision… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Day Twenty-Eight
Pots, a fond farewell and a massive incised slab…
Finds supervisor Anne and ceramic specialist Roy had high hopes that the flood of pottery which poured from the… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Day Twenty-Seven
Structure Twenty-Seven’s final feast…
Today has been a day dominated by pottery with a steady stream of Neolithic ceramics making its way to the finds hut from all… Read more
Incised stone from Structure Twelve’s eastern entrance
Working around the entrance to Structure Twelve there is a key rule…
… all stone removed from the area must be washed and checked for incised marks. And it’s a… Read more
Dig Diary Extra – closer views of Structure Seventeen incised stone
A few photographs of sections of the incised stone recovered from Structure Seventeen on July 25.
The slab features four bands of decoration, but areas appear to have been worn away while… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 5, 2019
Day Twenty-Six
Meanwhile, over in Cupmark Corner…
We woke up this morning to the sound of torrential rain lashing the rooftops of Orkney.
Which means, of course, that it was… Read more
