Category: News

Next Friday afternoon, March 26, Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark will present an online seminar outlining the most recent research on prehistoric carved stone balls.… Continue reading

We’re delighted to announce that the second print-run of The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands was delivered this morning and we’re starting to send out copies to everyone who has pre-ordered.… Continue reading

We’ve had a busy weekend, no doubt inspired by site director Nick’s talk that formed part of this year’s Current Archaeology Live!… Continue reading

  The Society of Antiquaries of London lecture, The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project and the Durrington Walls Pits Circle, by Professor Vincent Gaffney.… Continue reading

To celebrate the vernal equinox, the beginning of spring, we will be posting a new lecture by Nick about the Ness, on Saturday, March 20.… Continue reading

The Ness of Brodgar interim monograph has been hailed a “stunning accomplishment” by Mike Pitts, editor of British Archaeology magazine. In his review in the March/April issue, he highlights that the book “has much to offer specialists” but that the “reader is lulled by the high production quality, the beautiful and lavish photography and the well-edited texts, which never forget the wider audience.”… Continue reading

Less than two months since its launch, a second print of our interim monograph, The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands, is under way.… Continue reading

It’s been a strange year – of that there is no doubt – and we’ve reached the end of 2020. Although it will be remembered for the things we couldn’t get done, the Covid-19 lockdown meant we were able to focus on producing our interim volume, The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands, which launched in November.… Continue reading

Making sense of funerary monuments and funerary practices   In this year’s Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures, Dr Alison Sheridan is bringing together the most up-to-date research to show how Scotland’s early farming communities lived their lives and made sense of the world.… Continue reading

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures begin tomorrow, Sunday, and this year the focus is firmly on the Neolithic.… Continue reading

Both pieces have now been sold – thank you for your support Two new unique pieces by woodturner Michael Sinclair are now available to buy.… Continue reading

If you had any doubts about purchasing a copy our new volume, The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands, then you should read the glowing review in the latest edition of Current Archaeology magazine.… Continue reading

With 2020 drawing to a close, we have been receiving queries from visitors and interested volunteers about the 2021 excavation season.… Continue reading

Book review by Dr Howie Firth MBE, director of the Orkney International Science Festival. It was a spring ploughing that did it, in Ola and Arnie Tait’s field at Brodgar in 2003.… Continue reading