Category: Excavation

Friday, July 26, 2019

Another standing stone outside Structure Twelve?

Some images of the suspected standing stone outside the entrance to Structure Twelve. The stone is buried deep within what we originally thought was a passage between Structures Twelve and… Read more

Excavation

Friday, July 26, 2019

Dig Diary – Friday, July 26, 2019

Day Twenty Structure Twenty-Seven looking resplendent from the air. Click the image for a larger version. (📷 Scott Pike) A surprise in Jim’s ‘corner of loveliness’ Today marks the half-way… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Thursday, July 25, 2019

More images of today’s polished stone axe from Trench J

Today’s star find from Trench J. Click any picture for a larger version. All images by Ole Thoenies.… Read more

Excavation

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Dig Diary – Thursday, July 25, 2019

Day Nineteen The centre of attention today – Structure Twelve and its standing stone. (📷 Jo Bourne) A standing stone outside Structure Twelve? Concentration in Trench J. Peter, Paul, Travis,… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Dig Diary Extra – a batch of beads…

Most of the artefacts you see on the pages of the daily diary are fresh from 5,000 years in the soil and, clearly, don’t look their best. Here is a… Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Day Eighteen Thunder, lightning and no excavation! What can we say of today, except…ugh! To be fair it is not just today to blame; Tuesday night as well as this… Read more

Excavation / Video

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Hit by the weather again!

After a day basking in glorious sunshine, Orkney’s weather did what it does best – change! Gales, rain and thunder saw excavation work cancelled this morning. It’s forecast to improve… Read more

Excavation

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Day Seventeen in pictures…

A few pictures from a glorious day on site from Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie. Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more

Excavation

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Day Seventeen Sunshine, blistering heat and flies… Wow. What a day. Blistering heat. Flies. Dust. See, us archaeology types are never happy. Just last week we were complaining about the… Read more

Excavation

Monday, July 22, 2019

Dig Diary extra – the Structure Twelve ‘passage’ from above

The putative passageway (or is it a recess?) between Structures Twelve and Twenty Six, as recorded by Professor Scott Pike this afternoon. Click on the images for a larger version.… Read more

Excavation

Monday, July 22, 2019

Dig Diary – Monday, July 22, 2019

Day Sixteen ‘An absolute sea of orthostats’ We had the first of our Ness Open Days yesterday and the site and the Stenness Community Centre… Read more

Excavation

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Day Fifteen in pictures…

A selection of pictures from today’s open day from Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie. Click on any image for a larger version.… Read more

Excavation

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Dig Diary – Sunday, July 21, 2019

Day Fifteen Definitely a ‘Special Sunday’ Well, dear readers, that has been a truly marvellous day. Almost 800 visitors attended the first of our “Special Sunday” open days and the… Read more

Excavation

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Our first ‘Special Sunday’ from above…

Three drone pictures from Professor Scott Pike of today’s Special Sunday open day. Click on the images for a larger version.… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Post-conservation – the 2015 incised stone from Structure Eight

In a week that saw Structure Eight produce numerous examples of decorated stone, we also received a number of photographs of Ness artefacts that have undergone conservation work… Read more

Artefacts / Excavation

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Looking back: The carved stone ball from Structure Ten

Wednesday, August 7, 2013, was a special day in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavations. That was the day… Read more

Excavation / News

Friday, July 19, 2019

Link: ‘Stunning’ decorated Neolithic stone discovered in Orkney

A link to the BBC article on this week’s finds from Structure Eight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-49030379… Read more

Excavation

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Dig Diary – Thursday, July 18, 2019

Day Fourteen Revelations and cloud dodging Oh what would we give for a day of uninterrupted excavation! Thursday dawned bright and reasonably clear and as the morning wore on the… Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Decorated stone keeps coming…

Perhaps not as grand as the examples earlier this week, but another decorated stone slab was found in Structure Eight today. The incised decoration is essentially the same “classic” banded… Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Day Thirteen in pictures…

Rain brought excavation to a halt early today. But here’s a selection of pictures. Click on a thumbnail for a larger version. Photographs by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.… Read more

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