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… Read more
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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… 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
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
‘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
Sponsor a Find – a new batch
Back in November 2021, we launched a new fundraiser Sponsor a Find.
The idea was that we periodically give you the choice from several Ness of Brodgar finds to sponsor… 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
‘Wolf and Owl’ book continues to boost Ness excavation funds
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… 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
