In 2013, the Ness excavations featured in Archaeology magazine – a publication by the Archaeological Institute of America. For those who missed the article, now’s your chance to catch up on it and over...
The Covid-19 cancellation of the 2020 Ness of Brodgar excavation, and related fundraising activity, is having a serious impact on Ness funds. Contrary to what many people think, the Ness is NOT an excavation...
At the Ness of Brodgar excavation site we have pieced together a biography that spans millennia – from traces of Mesolithic activity to the site’s Neolithic heyday, through to the early Bronze Age and...
In a few weeks, we’re planning to launch a series of online question-and-answer sessions in which dig director Nick Card will respond to queries submitted by fans of the Ness. So if you’ve got...
Last year we congratulated Martha Johnson, our resident geologist, for gaining her PhD for her thesis entitled Rock matters: A geological basis for understanding the rock at the Ness of Brodgar. We are now...
It will come as no surprise that this year’s pre-excavation lecture by site director Nick Card has been cancelled. The talk was due to take place on June 18, in the Orkney Theatre, Kirkwall....
A summary of last season’s work at the Ness is among the many articles featured in the new 2020 Orkney Archaeology Society annual review. The book, which is free to members of the society,...
Do you have any old photos of the Ness of Brodgar you’d care to share with us? We are always on the look out for early photos of the Ness itself and also the...
We are very sorry to announce that due to the present COVID-19 situation and uncertainties surrounding this, all excavation and fieldwork at the Ness of Brodgar this summer has been cancelled and the site...
Since launching the first fundraising Ness knitting pattern back in January, we’ve been asked by many about how and where to get the wool. Good news. We’ve now got a range of knitting packs...
Calling all knitters – you can now complete your Ness of Brodgar ensemble with the new Brodgar Mitts knitting pattern, which is available now to download for £4. In addition, we now have a...
If you are out and about in Birsay this month, pop past the Birsay Bay Tearoom. There you’ll not only be able to suitably quench your thirst and partake of the fine menu –...