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The dates for next year’s eight-week excavation season have been confirmed. Provided our funding plans come together, diggers will be back on site between Monday, July 1, 2019 until Friday, August 23, 2019. As always, we’re always grateful for your help in making sure this happens. The open days will …

As the fog rolled in over Stromness this evening, the town’s museum opened its doors for a preview of its two new winter exhibitions –  one of which has a distinct Ness of Brodgar flavour. As regular visitors will know, this summer’s excavation on the Ness of Brodgar revealed a …

With Christmas just a month away, if you’re heading online to start stocking up on presents, you could help fundraise for the Ness of Brodgar Trust at the same time! The easyfundraising scheme turns your everyday online shopping into free donations. How? Just start your online shopping first at easyfundraising, then …

As regular visitors will know, this summer’s excavation on the Ness of Brodgar revealed  a wealth of new artefacts and finds. A number of these will be on display in the Stromness Museum over the winter in an exhibition that starts on Saturday, November 17. From the Trowel’s Edge runs …

Calling all art lovers with an interest in helping secure the future of the Ness excavations. The artist Philip Hughes has donated two beautiful pieces of art for the Ness of Brodgar Trust to sell and help raise much-needed funds for the ongoing excavation. Brodgar and the Two Lochs 40x96cm …

Archaeologist, historian and television presenter Neil Oliver is the guest on this week’s BBC History Extra podcast, talking about his new book, The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places. In the podcast, the Ness of Brodgar is named one of Neil’s top five favourite sites in the country. The …

Among the 160 diggers working at the Ness this summer was Ross Drummond, an MSc student studying archaeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Ross’s Ness experience was one of a number of excavations he took part in over the summer. and in a new article over at www.archaeologyorkney.com, …

There’s two new ways you can help support our ongoing research at the Ness. AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon, with the same products, prices and shopping features as Amazon.co.uk – the difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5 per cent of the net purchase price …

This year the Art Hut was upgraded from the wooden shed of last year to a large portacabin generously supplied by Orkney Aggregates – and the number of artists increased to five. We were open to the public and nearly 1,400 people came to see what Artists in Residence do, …

As we enter the last week of the 2018 season, we would like to ask for some help from anyone free on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week (August 22, 23 and 24). The site is closing for the season, and to protect our valuable structures from the ravages of an Orcadian …

Some links to recent news stories and articles: Elisabeth Holder – Working Away British Archaeology Magazine – the printed magazine features a review of Woody Musgrove’s new book, Ness of Brodgar: Open to the Public The Herald: Archaeologists hail find of 5,000-year-old stone axes Press and Journal: Two ‘pristine’ stone axes …

This weekend will see our final Open Day of the 2018 season. Amongst other things, on display will be the axes, macehead, spatulas and incised stones found this year – a chance for everyone to get up close to some of the finest Neolithic Orcadian stone tools you’ll ever see, …