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
The first bottle of the limited-edition Ness of Brodgar’s Legacy whisky was auctioned at tonight’s pre-dig lecture and raised £300 for excavation funds. Bidding, which started at £100, was brisk as bidders sought to acquire the bottle, which bore the signatures of the Highland Park’s head distiller and Ness of …
The spatulate stone tools found at the Ness over the past few years are the subject of a new research project this summer. Archaeology Institute UHI undergraduate Gary Lloyd has been awarded a Carnegie Vacation Scholarship to complete the research, which will focus on the spoon-like artefacts, of which over …
We asked for volunteers and you responded. All the meet-and-greet places for the rapidly approaching 2019 excavation season have been filled. Many, many thanks to all who have been in touch and offered their time. It really is very much appreciated.
Ness excavation funds will benefit from the launch of a limited edition bottling of Highland Park whisky. A percentage of the proceeds from sales of the 5,000 bottles of Ness of Brodgar’s Legacy will be donated to the trust that oversees the excavation of the site. Jason R. Craig, Highland …
A quick reminder that this year’s pre-excavation lecture by site director Nick Card takes place next week. The Appliance of Science will take place, in the Orkney Theatre, Kirkwall, on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 7.30pm. Entry to the talk, hosted by the Orkney Archaeology Society, is by donation. To …
There’s a distinct archaeological flavour to the forthcoming exhibition of Orkney College UHI exhibition of student work. Among the exhibiting students is BA Fine Art student Samantha Gray, who has incorporated soil from the Ness of Brodgar spoil heap into her installation. She explained: “I came back to Orkney after …
This summer, Orkney Heritage Tours is running a service from Kirkwall to take visitors to the Ness with a dedicated archaeologist as a guide. This is a three-hour private tour from Kirkwall guided by expert archaeologists with access to areas not usually open to the public plus a visit to one …
Artist-in-residence Karen Wallis’s 2018 sketchbook of drawings is now online, through the link on her website homepage at www.karenwallis.co.uk. Karen will be back on site this summer for her fourth residency at the Ness.
The remarkable Neolithic ceremonial site at the Ness of Brodgar has a habit of springing surprises on those who work there. Ceramics specialist Roy Towers from the Archaeology Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands was assessing a box full of pottery from the site when a surprising …
