The art of archaeological planning
Cecily planning Structure Seven way back in 2007. (📷 ORCA)
Alice planning in the Central Midden Area. (📷 ORCA)
Visit the Ness site at any time during an excavation season… Read more
Category: Excavation
Seaweed, a standing stone and the ‘corner of loveliness’ revealed
Dig Diary – Friday, July 10, 2020
Day Five
Here we are at the end of what would have been the first week of the 2020 excavation season.
And, as… Read more
Diary – Thursday, July 9, 2020
Day Four
Sorry folks but once again I start this diary with the weather.
But in 2015 it was foul, meaning much of Thursday, July 9, 2015, was taken up… Read more
Diary – Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Day Three
This day, five years ago, will long be remembered as a historical milestone in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavation.
It wasn’t because of any astonishing… Read more
Diary – Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Day Two
You may be wondering why our first diary of 2020 concentrated only on excavation from 2015 onwards. The reason is that before 2015 our fieldwork seasons lasted only… Read more
Diary – Monday, July 6, 2020
Day One
And we’re off.
Believe me it’s really strange to be sitting down to write a Ness “dig” diary while not caked in mud and soaking wet!
Today we… Read more
Tyres, covers and sandbags
Moving tyres in Trench T. (2018)
The bulk of the tyres gone, work to remove the protective covers in Trench P begins (2019).… Read more
Visit the dig site…virtually
Although the Ness excavation site will remain closed this summer, there’s still a number of ways to view the site.
In addition to our videos and 3D models, in June… Read more
Standing stones, incredible artefacts and Structure Ten’s sea eagle deposit – seasons 2018-2019
The final instalment in our series looking at how the Ness of Brodgar excavation has progressed, and ideas changed, over the years via dig director Nick Card’s annual brief summaries… Read more
Earlier buildings, the ‘Great Wall’ returns and Structure Ten’s deposited arm bone – seasons 2016-2017
Part six of our series looking at how excavation at the Ness of Brodgar progressed – and ideas changed – over the years, through dig director Nick Card’s annual brief… Read more
Human remains, pits and a stunning decorated stone – seasons 2014-2015
The fifth installment in our series looking at how excavation at the Ness of Brodgar progressed – and ideas changed – over the years, through dig director Nick Card’s annual… Read more
An exceptional axehead, Iron Age remodelling and a carved stone ball – seasons 2012-2013
Welcome to the fourth part in our series looking at how the Ness of Brodgar excavation has progressed – and ideas changed – over the years via dig director Nick… Read more
Evolution of an excavation: 2010-2011
The third in our series looking at how the Ness of Brodgar excavation has progressed, and ideas changed, over the years via dig director Nick Card’s annual brief summaries for… Read more
From the archives – Re-opening Trench P
One from our video archive – work getting under way uncovering and cleaning up Trench P in July 2010.… Read more
Evolution of an excavation – the Ness dig year by year
At the time of writing, it is just over 17 years since the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar complex and 2020 will be the first time since 2003 that… Read more
