Category: Excavation
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 26, 2018
Day Nineteen
STOP PRESS – Decorated stone in Structure Five
In the last hour of today, a new decorated stone was discovered in Structure Five, in Trench J, by our… Read more
Day Eighteen in pictures…
It’s taken a while to do these today, sorry folks. Click on any picture for an enlargement.
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Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Day Eighteen
Y, oh Y, oh Y!
We begin today with Trench Y, which started off with high hopes, quickly became troublesome and has continued in that manner with… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Day Seventeen
When is a bowl not a bowl?
There was considerable excitement in Trench T today, with the discovery of what looked very like the base of a round-bottomed… Read more
Video – Finds Hut Furore
The daily morning rush in the Finds Hut as the site re-opens for business – compressed into 30 seconds.… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 23, 2018
Day Sixteen
What? No walls?
Another week is starting at the Ness with the return of several old faces and the arrival of new ones.
There is a distinctly international… Read more
Day Fifteen in pictures…
A few shots from today. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 20, 2018
Day Fifteen
More surprises from Structure Ten!
Today is the end of a long week, which started last Sunday with our first Open Day.
It’s not surprising, therefore, that people… Read more
Video – Drone ascent from Trench J
An overview of the entire excavation site from Trench J – containing Structure Five and the northern corner section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar”.… Read more
