Geophysicist John Gater describes the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar as "the main highlight of his career" in the new edition of Time Team's monthly online news. Read more
We were delighted to hear today that Paul Durdin’s 3d model of Trench P – created in August 2023 – is in Sketchfab’s top ten this week.
If you’ve not… Read more
The end of fieldwork at the Ness in 2024 and plans for the future are the subject of a new blog post from NorthLink Ferries.
Magnus Dixon interviewed Nick and… Read more
Our 2023 excavation season kicks off in less than a fortnight and when we return to site there will be a plethora of new and updated information panels for visitors.… Read more
A sure sign that the return to site is not far away is dig director Nick Card’s annual talk in Kirkwall.
The Orkney Archaeology Society lecture – Structure Twelve: The… Read more
Site director Nick Card will lead an off-season walk around the Ness of Brodgar excavation site in September as part of the 2023 Orkney International Science Festival.
The festival runs… Read more
One of the “painted” stones from the Ness of Brodgar, showing the use of red and yellow pigment. (📷 ORCA)
An example of one of the coloured pot sherds from… Read more
The Ness of Brodgar picked up the award for Tour Guide of the Year at Saturday’s inaugural Orkney Tourism Awards in Kirkwall.
Organised by Destination Orkney, 13 awards were presented… Read more
The UHI Archaeology Institute’s book Landscapes Revealed: geophysical survey in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Area, 2002-2011 has been nominated for Book of the Year in the Current… Read more
Next year’s excavation at the Ness of Brodgar is among the attractions that have earned Orkney a place on the “15 best places to visit in the UK in 2023”.… Read more
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament welcoming the successful completion of another excavation season at the Ness of Brodgar.
This is the third… Read more
House Three at the Braes of Ha’Breck showing the areas of burnt grain. (📷 Antonia Thomas/Dan Lee)
Our UHI Archaeology Institute colleagues Dr Antonia Thomas and Dan Lee are the… Read more
News just in of two new books by our friend Mark Edmonds, Visiting Professor at the UHI Archaeology Institute and Research Coordinator at the Ness of Brodgar.
The first,… Read more
A film created by Ness of Brodgar artist in residence Dr Karen Wallis was premiered today as part of the 32nd Orkney International Science Festival.
Since 2016, Karen has… Read more
Visitors at the British Museum’s ‘The World of Stonehenge’ exhibition on Saturday. (📷 Jo Bourne)
Jo Bourne is a London-based supervisor and photographer at the Ness of Brodgar. In 2013… Read more
Sorely missed: The late Caroline Wickham-Jones.
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… Read more
By Elaine Robinson
Having had a lifelong interest in archaeology, imagine my excitement from the point of view as an artist who has been collecting fingerprints since 2015, when my… Read more
The Ness of Brodgar website has reached a milestone – reaching, and rocketing past, one million page views.
Technically, the dig diary broke that barrier many years ago, but… Read more