Diary Extra – Day Eighteen in pictures
A few photographs from across the site today. Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Category: Excavation
Dig Diary – Wall after wall in Structure Twelve!
The dig team gather around Structure Twelve during this morning’s site tour. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Day EighteenWednesday, July 26
The day dawned bright, with a few drizzly showers about 1pm,… Read more
Dig Diary – Funerary role for Structure Twenty-Seven? Bookan cairn parallels resurface after today’s discoveries
There is no doubt that Structure Twenty-Seven is a puzzling building. Read more
Dig Diary – More evidence of Structure Twenty-Eight beneath our feet?
We kick off today’s diary with Structure Twelve, where there were a couple of surprises late in the day. Read more
Diary Extra – Day Fifteen in pictures
A selection of photographs from day 15. Click on any image for a larger version.… Read more
Dig Diary – Farewells, finds, frustrations and revelations
Day Fifteen
Friday, July 21, 2023
Here we are at the end of week three!
It has been one of those Friday’s tinged with sadness because we have… Read more
Dig Diary – More evidence to suggest the ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’ stood tall
Day Fourteen
Thursday, July 20, 2023
It’s been an incredibly busy day on site, so tonight’s diary is shorter than usual. Not because there’s any less to report, but… Read more
Diary Extra – A busy day in all the trenches
A few pictures from around the site today, including some of the lovely finds (and finds team!).
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Dig Diary – Haematite, pumice and we’re back in the ‘corner of loveliness’
Long-term diary readers will recall the fabled “corner of loveliness” - the annexe outside Structure Twelve's eastern entrance. Read more
Diary Extra – Photographs of Trench T and Structure One from above
A selection of Professor Scott Pike’s drone photographs from yesterday and today.
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Dig Diary – Predecessor’s pier a surprise discovery in Structure Ten
Travis, Johanna and Nick J. excavating around the newly discovered stone pier in Structure Twenty. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Day TwelveTuesday, July 18, 2023
Structure Ten – or more correctly Structure… Read more
Dig Diary – New arrivals add to an already ‘buzzing’ atmosphere
A new week and another new batch of diggers – including the 2023 batch of students from Willamette University, Oregon, USA. Read more
Diary Extra – Structure Ten’s holed megalith and excavation pics
More pictures of the “reassembled” holed standing stone outside Structure Ten, and a few images from across the site today.
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Dig Diary – Eighteen’s entrance discovered as specialists gather on site
Some of the Ness project specialists outside Structure Ten this afternoon. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Day TenFriday, July 14, 2023
Week two ended on an exciting note, with a site visit… Read more
Dig Diary – The Odin Stone’s little brother outside Structure Twenty-Six?
Today’s star find – a holed-orthostat incorporated into paving outside Structure Twenty-Six’s eastern end. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Day NineThursday, July 13, 2023
Structure Twenty-Six has done it again!
This later,… Read more
Dig Diary – A special cattle bone deposit, more post-holes and a turf roof?
Day Eight
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
It was another wet start today.
Sheets of rain buffeted the site as blankets of grey cloud shrouded the hills surrounding the… Read more
Dig Diary – rain, post-holes and more of the ‘Great Wall’
The outer face of the ‘Great Wall’ emerging from the Trench J extension at the close of play today. Outside the wall (to the right of the picture is rubble… Read more
Dig Diary – The ‘Great Wall’ emerges from Trench J’s new extension
Day Six
Monday, July 10, 2023
The start of week two and another batch of diggers gathered on site this morning – a mix of familiar and new faces.
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Diary Extra – Viewing the site from above
A selection of drone photographs from Professor Scott Pike. Click on any picture for an enlargement.
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