Just how big were the cattle consumed at the Ness of Brodgar in prehistory? Drop by the County Show, in Kirkwall, tomorrow, Saturday and you’ll be able to see for yourself. Some of the Ness excavation team will be joining the Highland Park stand this year to mark the launch …
On Saturday, August 10, members of the Ness excavation team will be manning a stall at the County Show in Kirkwall (more details later this week). Because of this the excavation site will be closed to visitors on Saturday and there will be no tours operating. Sunday’s tours will go ahead as …
At present we have three artists in residence-on-site. Here are links to their blogs/websites etc: Karen Wallis – website Karen’s blog – featuring her drawings, sketches and paintings created on site. Jeanne Rose – Artworks of the Earth ‘Enter the Sondage’ ‘Spladongas are Born in the Sondage’ Annie Wright Photography …
A book documenting the 2017 dig at the Ness of Brodgar is now available. Ness of Brodgar: Open to the Public, by Woody Musgrove, is a photographic record of the excavators and moments behind the scenes at the ongoing excavation of the Neolithic complex. The book documents the life of …
Regular readers of the blog will recognise the name of Dr Jo McKenzie. And this week, Jo will give a talk in Kirkwall on her work at the Ness and the significance of micromorphology in the ongoing investigations of the Neolithic complex. Jo is a geoarchaeologist, which means she uses …
Ness of Brodgar artist-in-residence Karen Wallis has completed the oil painting she is donating to the 2019 Ness of Brodgar Trust Grand Draw. The painting, pictured above, is just one of a number of superb prizes up for grabs with tickets selling well so far this season. This is your …
A link to the BBC article on this week’s finds from Structure Eight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-49030379
If you are planning a trip this summer, did you know that you can use #easyfundraising to raise FREE donations for the Ness of Brodgar Trust with over 60 airlines! All money donated goes directly into our excavation fund to help make sure we can continue work on this incredible site. …
If you have visited the Ness, the chances are you will have seen one of the 90,000 pot fragments recovered from the site to date. But if you have ever wondered how these pots were created, now’s your chance to find out. Ness stalwarts and prehistoric pottery specialists Mike and …
Ten months have flown past and we’re back on site! It’s a grey, blustery and damp morning and the first task facing the team is the removal of this lot from Trenches J, P (pictured), T and X will begin. If anyone in Orkney has some spare time to come along …
Thanks to everyone who helped the Ness of Brodgar at the Highland Park Legacy of the Ness of Brodgar launch this weekend — the Ness volunteer team; the Stenness Community Association and Happy Valley teams in the Ness Cafe; the Highland Park team and the donors of all the prizes …
With just over a week to go until we’re back on site, this weekend will see a celebration of all things Ness at the Stenness Community School. Not only will the Highland Park’s Ness of Brodgar’s Legacy 12-year-old malt be launched, but the two-day event will feature a pop-up Ness Museum, Ness-related …
A link to The Scotsman’s article on Peter Leith: https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/the-orkney-farmer-who-dug-the-world-famous-ness-of-brodgar-80-years-before-anyone-else-1-4951519 See also: 1925 ‘Brodgar stone’ was a taste of things to come
