Category: Excavation

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Dig Diary – Thursday, July 28, 2016

Day Nineteen The covers come off Structure Twelve after another morning of rain. Structure Eight’s rosette stone The newly discovered decorated stone from Structure Eight. Like yesterday, as the day… Read more

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Day Eighteen A macehead and an anvil stone As the blog was being put together, at the end of the day, Trench X produced another… Read more

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Day Seventeen The structure with no name . . . Today was a day of head-scratching and complexities in more than one of the Ness structures. In the ominously-named Trench… Read more

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Dig Diary – Monday, July 25, 2016

Day Sixteen Hearths, magnetism and old friends… One of the great pleasures of summer at the Ness is welcoming back those who have worked here… Read more

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Friday, July 22, 2016

Dig Diary – Friday, July 22, 2016

Day Fifteen Ending week three with a day of discovery Today was a day of discoveries at the Ness and some of them have been really exciting. The most sensational was the… Read more

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Diary Extra – Thursday, July 21, 2016

Some views from above Time of another three of Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark’s panoramas, taken today, from high above various locations in Trench P. The first was taken from directly above… Read more

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Dig Diary – Thursday, July 21, 2016

Day Fourteen More bone and a second notched stone Miracle of miracles! A very nice lady visited the Ness today, seized the diary by the arm and insisted that there… Read more

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Day Thirteen Human remains under Structure Ten Our determination to talk about the weather yesterday has come back to bite us with a vengeance. We had barely… Read more

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Diary Extra – Tuesday, July 19, 2016

We’re basking in sunshine . . . We don’t get them often, but today was a scorcher of a day – although, I will admit that it was a little… Read more

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Day Twelve What a difference a day makes . . . We have no idea how hot it got at the Ness today. Suffice to… Read more

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Monday, July 18, 2016

Dig Diary – Monday, July 18, 2016

Day Eleven Thwarted by the rain . . . but there’s big news coming This is not a day we wish to remember. It drizzled, then it rained, then it… Read more

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Friday, July 15, 2016

Dig Diary – Friday, July 15, 2016

Day Ten Fingers crossed for a chambered tomb Today, we have startling news from Trench T – the one which runs from the huge midden beyond… Read more

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

Dig Diary – Thursday, July 14, 2016

Day Nine Foundation deposit beneath Structure Ten? Today started tranquilly enough in Trench X as UHI and Willamette students were taught the rudiments of planning. … Read more

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Day Eight A day of discoveries Today it’s time to turn to Trench T (for all you pedants out there, yes, the diary does love a spot… Read more

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Day Seven The finds emerge. . . Regular and eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that there has not been much mention made thus far of wonderful finds. To be terribly… Read more

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Monday, July 11, 2016

Dig Diary – Monday, July 11, 2016

Day Six Some timely arrivals . . . Reinforcements arrived on site today, and not before time. The Ness has developed, over the years, into a site… Read more

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Friday, July 8, 2016

Dig Diary – Friday, July 8, 2016

Day Five: Did Structure Ten have a tiled roof? Read more

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Dig Diary – Thursday, July 7, 2016

Day Four Ladies and gentlemen, may we present . . . Trench X Today, the serious archaeology continued with geoarchaeologist Jo McKenzie’s sampling of the floors in Structure Twelve. But while Jo… Read more

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Day Three Cleaning rocks in the hot sun . . . The diary has a real problem today. By the end of many hours in the hot Orkney sun, it… Read more

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Diary Extra — Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Reader’s of today’s diary entry will have seen the photograph of Hugo Anderson-Whymark with his “latest gizmo” – a Panono “ball camera” that is a rather wonderful, and impressive, piece of kit. Inside… Read more

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