Category: News

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Ness success acknowledged in Scottish Parliament

The Ness of Brodgar has been congratulated in the Scottish Parliament for its success in the 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Awards. The motion (detailed below) was tabled by… Read more

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Shanghai award for the Ness of Brodgar

The Ness of Brodgar has been selected for a 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Award. Having heard we had been nominated a few weeks ago, we have just learnt… Read more

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Monday, October 28, 2019

Ness nominated for Shanghai Archaeology Forum award

The Ness of Brodgar has been nominated both by Professor Eszter Bánffy of the German Archaeological Institute, and Dr Michael Boyd of the University of Cambridge for the prestigious 2019… Read more

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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Orcadia – weaving an evocative picture of Neolithic Orkney

A must buy for anyone interested in the Neolithic of Orkney and its wonderful sites, is the brilliant new book Orcadia – Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney by… Read more

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Article link – Summer of finds at the Ness of Brodgar

A link to today’s Current Archaeology’s article on this summer’s excavation: https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/summer-of-finds-at-the-ness-of-brodgar.htm… Read more

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Monday, September 30, 2019

A very special visitor to the Ness…

The Ness was very pleased today to welcome a special guest to site – well in fact two – Morph and his creator Peter Lord and his family. Peter is… Read more

Excavation / News

Monday, September 2, 2019

From the Art Hut

This year the Art Hut hosted four artists: Jeanne Bouza Rose, Diane Eagles, Karen Wallis, and Annie Wright. For the first four weeks of the excavation, Annie Wright took photos… Read more

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Thursday, August 15, 2019

Farewell Bryn . . . you will be missed by all

We are very sad to announce, after battling a long illness, the passing away of Bryn, the director’s site dog and the real director of the Ness. He will be missed by us all, and by all… Read more

News / Wildlife

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

An aquatic attraction at the Ness

For a few days now this little character has been spotted regularly from the excavation site, swimming around the banks of the Harray loch. The otter seems to be as… Read more

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Saturday, August 10, 2019

Representing the Ness at the County Show…

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Saturday, July 27, 2019

Links from the Art Hut…

At present we have three artists in residence-on-site. Here are links to their blogs/websites etc: Karen Wallis – website Karen’s blog – featuring her drawings, sketches and paintings created on… Read more

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

A photographic record of the 2017 dig

A book documenting the 2017 dig at the Ness of Brodgar is now available. Ness of Brodgar: Open to the Public, by Woody Musgrove, is a photographic record of the… Read more

Excavation / News

Friday, July 19, 2019

Link: ‘Stunning’ decorated Neolithic stone discovered in Orkney

A link to the BBC article on this week’s finds from Structure Eight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-49030379… Read more

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Friday, June 21, 2019

Article link: The Orkney farmer who dug the world-famous Ness of Brodgar – 80 years before anyone else

A link to The Scotsman’s article on Peter Leith: https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/the-orkney-farmer-who-dug-the-world-famous-ness-of-brodgar-80-years-before-anyone-else-1-4951519 See also: 1925 ‘Brodgar stone’ was a taste of things to come… Read more

Ness site director Nick Card during tonight's auction after the pre-dig lecture.

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Thursday, June 20, 2019

First bottle of Ness whisky raises £300 for dig funds

The first bottle of the limited-edition Ness of Brodgar’s Legacy whisky was auctioned at tonight’s pre-dig lecture and raised £300 for excavation funds. Bidding, which started at £100, was brisk… Read more

Artefacts / News

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Ness spatulas in the research spotlight…

The spatulate stone tools found at the Ness over the past few years are the subject of a new research project this summer. Archaeology Institute UHI undergraduate Gary Lloyd… Read more

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

Welcome boost for Ness funds from Highland Park limited edition whisky launch

Ness excavation funds will benefit from the launch of a limited edition bottling of Highland Park whisky. A percentage of the proceeds from sales of the 5,000 bottles of Ness… Read more

Karen Wallis: Working on site - photograph by Joanne Bourne.

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Sunday, May 26, 2019

Ness of Brodgar 2018 sketchbook online

Artist-in-residence Karen Wallis’s 2018 sketchbook of drawings is now online, through the link on her website homepage at www.karenwallis.co.uk. Karen will be back on site this summer for her fourth… Read more

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