Ten months have flown past and we’re back on site! It’s a grey, blustery and damp morning and the first task facing the team is the removal of this lot from Trenches J, P (pictured),...

Thanks to everyone who helped the Ness of Brodgar at the Highland Park Legacy of the Ness of Brodgar launch this weekend — the Ness volunteer team; the Stenness Community Association and Happy Valley...

With just over a week to go until we’re back on site, this weekend will see a celebration of all things Ness at the Stenness Community School. Not only will the Highland Park’s Ness of...

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

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 as bidders sought to...

We asked for volunteers and you responded. All the meet-and-greet places for the rapidly approaching 2019 excavation season have been filled. Many, many thanks to all who have been in touch and offered their...

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 of Brodgar’s Legacy will...

A quick reminder that this year’s pre-excavation lecture by site director Nick Card takes place next week. The Appliance of Science will take place, in the Orkney Theatre, Kirkwall, on Thursday, June 20, 2019,...

There’s a distinct archaeological flavour to the forthcoming exhibition of Orkney College UHI exhibition of student work. Among the exhibiting students is BA Fine Art student Samantha Gray, who has incorporated soil from the...

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 residency at the Ness.