Time Team geophysicist hails Ness discovery the highlight of his career
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
Category: News
2024 dig dates set – the final season of excavation at the Ness
August 2023: Excavation in Trench T. (📷 Doug Plummer)The dates for next year’s excavation – the final season of fieldwork at the Ness – have been set.Provided our fundraising plans… Read more
Trench P 3d model in Sketchfab’s top ten
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
Link: ‘Two last summers at the Ness of Brodgar’
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
New and updated interpretation boards available to download
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
Annual pre-dig lecture recorded for OAS website
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
Explore the archaeology of the Ness as part of 2023 Orkney Science Festival
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… Read more
Ness colour inspires new Neolithic research project
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 the… Read more
Tour Guide of the Year accolade at inaugural Orkney Tourism Awards
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
‘Landscapes Revealed’ shortlisted for Current Archaeology Book of the Year
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
Ness dig helps earn Orkney a place on Best UK Places to visit list
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
2022 excavation at the Ness commended in Scottish Parliament
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
Link: Prehistoric Orkney grain sheds light on Neolithic farming in Scotland
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 co-authors… Read more
Two new books from Mark Edmonds
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
