Appeal for volunteers to help clean up the site and open the trenches
Some of the Ness team are heading to the site tomorrow, Sunday, to get things ready for the start of the 2022 excavation season on July 4.
If you would… Read more
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Summer exhibition puts spotlight on the people of the Ness
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve got an extra event running over the 2022 dig season – a six-week exhibition in Stenness village.
Entitled The Ness: Its people, the exhibition… Read more
Ness pre-dig talk in Orkney Theatre on Thursday
After an absence of two years, the Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) is hosting a pre-dig talk by Ness of Brodgar director Nick Card on Thursday, June 16.
Entitled Ness of… Read more
Link: A full summer of excavation in Orkney
The Ness of Brodgar is just one of the excavations resuming in Orkney this summer.
Getting the ball rolling on June 13 is The Cairns, an Iron Age broch site… Read more
Neolithic Orkney links from the Current Archaeology archive
Three articles from the archives of Current Archaeology magazine are now available online:
The Ness of Brodgar: uncovering Orkney’s Neolithic heart (2017)
A tale of two Neolithics? Investigating the evolution… Read more
Summer exhibition puts The Cairns excavation in the spotlight
The Stromness Museum’s summer exhibition opens today, Saturday, and puts the ongoing excavation at The Cairns, South Ronaldsay, firmly in the spotlight.
The Cairns: Living in the Landscape, the exhibition… Read more
Woodturned macehead among new additions to Ness shop
We’ve added two new woodturned treasures to our online shop – a replica macehead and a round-bottomed bowl with decoration inspired by the Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery found on site.… Read more
Reproduction axehead auction raises £600 for Ness dig
The auction of a reproduction flint axehead, donated by the family of Edinburgh-based sculptor and stone carver Andy McFetters, has raised £600 for the Ness of Brodgar excavation fund.
The… Read more
Links: Food at the Ness and exhibition artefacts
A few audio links with a distinctive Ness of Brodgar flavour:
Food of the Isles – an episode looking at the history of food in Orkney, with Anne Mitchell discussing… Read more
Site tours and an open day returning to the Ness this summer
We’re delighted to announce that this summer, for the first time since 2019, we will be offering daily site tours of the Ness dig.
The excavation re-opens to the public… Read more
Free article access and talk mark opening of British Museum exhibition
To mark the opening of The World of Stonehenge at the British Museum today, British Archaeology magazine has made an article on the exhibition free to access until February 28,… Read more
Links: ‘The Orkney dig uncovering Britain’s stone age culture’
A few Ness-related links among the many relating to the Burton Agnes “drum” and The World of Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum.
‘Every year it astounds us’: the Orkney… Read more
Link: ‘Ness artefacts take centre stage in London’
A new Orkney.com article, by Dave Flanagan, on the Ness’ involvement in the World of Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum in London.
Click here to view.… Read more
Sponsor a Find – a new batch
Back in November 2021, we launched a new fundraiser Sponsor a Find.
The idea was that we periodically give you the choice from several Ness of Brodgar finds to sponsor… Read more
Links: Looking forward to the ‘World of Stonehenge’ at the British Museum
With just over a fortnight until the opening of the British Museum’s World of Stonehenge exhibition, here’s a few links you might find interesting:
The world of Stonehenge: placing a… Read more
The passing of a great archaeologist
With great shock and numbing sadness we learned today that archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones has passed away.
Caroline, a great supporter of the Ness and Orkney’s archaeology as a whole, will… Read more
Braving the elements to pack artefacts on loan to Stonehenge exhibition
By Anne Mitchell
Yesterday morning, Thursday, January 6, was bitterly cold here at the Ness, with snow on the Hoy hills, a gusty Force Eight blowing across the site and… Read more
Maeshowe broadcast to mark the winter solstice
Next Tuesday, December 21, is the winter solstice, and to mark the occasion, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is livestreaming an event celebrating Maeshowe and its midwinter alignment.
With its south-westerly… Read more
British Museum announce objects joining Ness artefacts at Stonehenge exhibition
A selection of artefacts from the Ness of Brodgar are among the hundreds coming together for a special exhibition on Stonehenge at the British Museum next year.
Running from February… Read more
Macehead auction raised £260 for excavation fund
The auction of a wooden replica of a Neolithic macehead has raised £260 for Ness of Brodgar excavation funds.
Created by Orcadian woodturner Michael Sinclair, the stunning macehead and stand… Read more
