Orkney’s prehistory – the Bronze Age
Our brief guide to Orkney’s prehistory has been updated, with a new page outlining the Bronze Age in the islands.
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Category: News
Ness to take centre stage in new Neolithic animated movie
The Ness of Brodgar looks set to take play a major role in a new animated feature film set in Neolithic Orkney.
Lugi: the Brodgar Boy is the brainchild of… Read more
A brief introduction to Orkney’s prehistory
At the Ness of Brodgar excavation site we have pieced together a biography that spans millennia – from traces of Mesolithic activity to the site’s Neolithic heyday, through to the… Read more
Archaeological review of 2019 released
A summary of last season’s work at the Ness is among the many articles featured in the new 2020 Orkney Archaeology Society annual review.
The book, which is free to… Read more
Appeal for old photos of the Brodgar area
Do you have any old photos of the Ness of Brodgar you’d care to share with us?
We are always on the look out for early photos of the Ness… Read more
Debitage confirms pitchstone knapping in Structure Eight
With Travis, it is not enough to find just one piece of pitchstone – within hours of finding the rather nice blade yesterday, he appeared clutching a finds bag from… Read more
Another pitchstone fragment from the Ness
Another flake of Arran pitchstone has turned up during the analysis of soil samples from Structure Eight.
Pitchstone is a volcanic glass, similar to obsidian, and its nearest source is… Read more
Video – Ness presentation at Shanghai awards ceremony
In November 2019, the Ness of Brodgar excavation project was selected for a 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Award.
In December, site director Nick Card was flown to Shanghai,… Read more
PhD success for Ness regular
Huge congratulations to Sam Harris, a regular at the Ness over the last few years, who has just been granted his PhD from Bradford University.
Sam’s HES-funded thesis Developing Archaeomagnetic… Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
