Diary Extra – Sunday, July 24, 2016
From Orkney to the Fens, our ancient past is coming alive
As mentioned on Friday, the Ness excavation site was visited by Kevin McKenna, a senior feature writer for The… Read more
Category: News
Ness of Brodgar excavation now on Google Street View
After a visit to the site in June, the Ness of Brodgar excavation site has been added to Google Street View.
The interactive, panoramic views allows Google Maps and Google… Read more
Ness of Brodgar on BBC Radio Scotland
The Ness of Brodgar excavation featured on this morning’s BBC Radio Scotland programme Out of Doors. Click here to access (available for 29 days, from today).… Read more
‘Building up to a new season at the Ness of Brodgar’
A new article, written by Andrew Learmonth, about preparations for this season’s excavation has been posted on Orkney.com. Click here to read.… Read more
Dig director in Texas on lecture tour
Nick Card at work on site. (Picture: Jim Richardson)The Ness of Brodgar excavation director was back in the USA in April, on a lecture tour brought about by last year’s article in… Read more
Ness of Brodgar nominated in British Archaeological Awards
It has been a good week for Orkney’s archaeology. On the same day that the Links of Notland was awarded the “Best Rescue Dig” award at the 2014 Current Archaeology Awards, it was confirmed that… Read more
American Friends of the Ness of Brodgar charity launched
The cost of running an archaeological excavation is considerable.
The Ness of Brodgar, for example, costs in the region of ÂŁ2,000 per day — a fact that has meant that… Read more
Orkney’s archaeology – The Economist article
The ongoing excavations – and the cost – on the Ness of Brodgar feature in an interesting article on Orkney’s archaeology, from The Economist.
Click here to read.… Read more
Archaeology safaris — The Ness of Brodgar 2012
A new video from Adam Stanford, of www.aerial-cam.co.uk, who worked on the site this summer.… Read more
Ness of Brodgar – Preliminary Phasing
The complexities, depth of stratigraphy (perhaps over three metres overall) and the extraordinary preservation of the Ness of Brodgar complex makes an understanding of the phasing of this remarkable site… Read more
Research project of the year award
The ongoing archaeological dig on the Ness of Brodgar has been named research project of the year in a national awards scheme. Read more
