Category: News

An important element of the Ness of Brodgar excavations is allowing people to experience the site, the artefacts found to date and keeping everyone up to date with the latest findings. In a place like Orkney, it is especially important that the young folk are aware of their heritage so, …

Over the years, you will have read about many of the volunteers who make the eight-week excavation season happen. They dig, work on finds, run the shop, meet and greet visitors, do the banking and post the guidebooks, demonstrate their many crafts and skills at our Open Days, write small …

The first three of the four 2018 Ness newsletters are now available to download as PDFs.

From all of us at the Ness of Brodgar, we wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year. See you in 2019…

The auction for a beautiful bronze petrosphere, donated by Michael and Sara Sinclair – regular contributors to our special Ness Open Days – has closed and raised £625 for excavation funds. The winner will be contacted shortly to arrange delivery of the petrosphere, which is made in cast bronze, using the lost …

It’s the week before Christmas and time to leave you all in peace. Thank you for participating in our visitor survey, which closed this afternoon. We have received some very positive feedback, some excellent ideas and we will sit down early in 2019 and review what you’re telling us. We …

Evidence for earlier excavations at the Ness – probably in the early 1880s – has come to light in a handwritten note from the papers, manuscripts and notebooks kept by James Walls Cursiter. Cursiter was a well-known Orcadian antiquarian in the late 1800s. He was Stanley Cursiter’s uncle and lived …

This Saturday, December 8, sees the opening of Jeanne Rose’s exhibition of artwork inspired by the Ness of Brodgar at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall. Along with Jeanne’s work will be 3D VR by Jim Bright of ORCA. Jeanne has been a long-time supporter of the Ness and this summer we were …

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 …