Category: News

Almost two years since we were last on site, the covers at the Ness of Brodgar start coming off tomorrow. The site is open to the public from Wednesday, June 30, from 9.30am until 4.30pm.… Continue reading

Both pieces have now been sold – thank you for your support. Orcadian woodturner Michael Sinclair has crafted another two beautiful – and unique – pieces to offer Ness followers to help boost excavation funds.… Continue reading

Our first run of fundraising card packs featuring scenes from in and around the Ness of Brodgar has sold out, so we’ve got a brand new set, featuring all-new images from Nick Card, Jim Richardson and Scott Pike.… Continue reading

We’re no strangers to Neolithic art at the Ness of Brodgar, but our examples are either circular cupmarks or geometric designs.… Continue reading

Sales of a children’s book by US author Antoinette Sarcinella is continuing to benefit the Ness fundraising campaign. Wolf and Owl Remember takes the reader through a full life circle journey of Native American Kumi, from his boyhood as a Lakota boy through adulthood, to old age – a journey that brings life and meaning to myths and legends of long ago.… Continue reading

A link to a new article, Connecting the Edges: The Call of the Wild, by Kath Page, a postgraduate M.Litt Archaeology Studies student based at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.… Continue reading

The discovery of a huge prehistoric quernstone is the latest evidence of an Early Neolithic settlement on the outskirts of Kirkwall, Orkney.… Continue reading

Both pieces have now been sold – thank you for your support. Orcadian woodturner Michael Sinclair has made another two beautiful bowls which are being offered to Ness followers to help boost our excavation funds.… Continue reading

The latest glowing review of the the Ness of Brodgar interim monograph has been posted to the Prehistoric Society website this morning.… Continue reading

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