Science Festival premiere for Ness of Brodgar artist’s film
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
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‘World of Stonehenge’ offers a brief opportunity to step out of our century…
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
The passing of a great archaeologist
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
Touching our ancestors – the Ness and the SPOTtimespotTIME artwork
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
Over one-million page views for Ness of Brodgar website
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
‘I think I have Dig Deprivation’ – a blog post by Jim Richardson
In 2012, Jim Richardson visited the Ness to capture images for a National Geographic feature.
On Thursday, he posted a lovely article on the Ness excavation on his blog.
… Read more
Prehistoric deer carvings in Argyll are a first for Scotland
We’re no strangers to Neolithic art at the Ness of Brodgar, but our examples are either circular cupmarks or geometric designs.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has confirmed yesterday… Read more
Quernstone is latest evidence of Early Neolithic settlement site on Kirkwall’s outskirts
The discovery of a huge prehistoric quernstone is the latest evidence of an Early Neolithic settlement on the outskirts of Kirkwall, Orkney.
Ploughing near Saverock, St Ola, uncovered the… Read more
Ness monograph sets ‘a high standard’ says reviewer
The latest glowing review of the the Ness of Brodgar interim monograph has been posted to the Prehistoric Society website this morning.
The review, by Susan Greaney of Cardiff… Read more
Free online talk on Neolithic carved stone balls
Next Friday afternoon, March 26, Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark will present an online seminar outlining the most recent research on prehistoric carved stone balls.
The talk, the latest in the… Read more
Online lecture – The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project and the Durrington Walls Pits Circle
The Society of Antiquaries of London lecture, The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project and the Durrington Walls Pits Circle, by Professor Vincent Gaffney.
The Stonehenge Landscape Project has carried out… Read more
Ness book declared ‘a stunning accomplishment’
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… Read more
An archaeological best-seller: first print of Ness monograph sold out
Less than two months since its launch, a second print of our interim monograph, The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands, is under way.
Demand for the title has… Read more
Another happy contributor…
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… Read more
Textile evidence from the Ness among Scotland’s ‘most groundbreaking archaeological discoveries’ of 2020
Evidence of a woven Neolithic textile found during post-excavation work at the Ness has been named one of Scotland’s “most groundbreaking discoveries of 2020”.
The Covid pandemic has had… Read more
2020 Rhind lectures focus on Neolithic Scotland
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures begin tomorrow, Sunday, and this year the focus is firmly on the Neolithic.
From December 13 until December 18, Dr Alison… Read more
Glowing book review in ‘Current Archaeology’ magazine
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… Read more
Book review: ‘The Ness of Brodgar: As it Stands’
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… Read more
