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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Pottery sherds confirm early date for Structure Five

Dig Diary – Day Twenty-Three Wednesday, July 28, 2021 We have really exciting news today from Structure Five – that enigmatic building huddled just inside the “Great Wall of Brodgar”… Read more

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Monday, October 5, 2020

Unstan Stalled Cairn

By Sigurd Towrie In the late 19th century, a grassy mound on a headland jutting into the Stenness loch attracted the attention of one of the many antiquarians with their… Read more

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Monday, May 4, 2020

2013 road work revealed structure beyond the ‘Great Wall’

Visitors to the Ness of Brodgar site are always staggered to learn that we have excavated less than ten per cent of the complex. The sheer scale of the Neolithic… Read more