Category: News

Saturday, August 4, 2018

How the Ness is helping inspire a new generation of archaeologists

The dig this year is being closely followed from all the way down in Adelaide, South Australia. Scotch College is a co-educational independent school with strong Scottish foundations established in… Read more

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Sunday, July 15, 2018

Open Day – from above!

A few shots of the site, and one of the Ring of Brodgar, from Professor Scott Pike’s drone this morning…… Read more

News / Video

Friday, June 29, 2018

Jeanne Rose – Inspired by the Ness

Jeanne Rose is one of this year’s artists in residence. Here she shares the inspiration behind a few of her Neolithic-inspired artwork.… Read more

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Book review – The Ness of Brodgar: Digging Deeper

Click here to read the Current Archaeology review of our guidebook.… Read more

News

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Diary Extra – Sunday, July 24, 2016

From Orkney to the Fens, our ancient past is coming alive As mentioned on Friday, the Ness excavation site was visited by Kevin McKenna, a senior feature writer for The… Read more

Excavation / News

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Ness of Brodgar excavation now on Google Street View

After a visit to the site in June, the Ness of Brodgar excavation site has been added to Google Street View. The interactive, panoramic views allows Google Maps and Google… Read more

Excavation / News

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Ness of Brodgar on BBC Radio Scotland

The Ness of Brodgar excavation featured on this morning’s BBC Radio Scotland programme Out of Doors. Click here to access (available for 29 days, from today).… Read more

Excavation / News

Friday, May 8, 2015

‘Building up to a new season at the Ness of Brodgar’

A new article, written by Andrew Learmonth, about preparations for this season’s excavation has been posted on Orkney.com. Click here to read.… Read more

Excavation / News

Monday, April 20, 2015

Dig director in Texas on lecture tour

Nick Card at work on site. (Picture: Jim Richardson) The Ness of Brodgar excavation director was back in the USA in April, on a lecture tour brought about by last year’s article… Read more

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Ness of Brodgar nominated in British Archaeological Awards

It has been a good week for Orkney’s archaeology. On the same day that the Links of Notland was awarded the “Best Rescue Dig” award at the 2014 Current Archaeology Awards, it was confirmed that… Read more

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Friday, February 21, 2014

American Friends of the Ness of Brodgar charity launched

The cost of running an archaeological excavation is considerable. The Ness of Brodgar, for example, costs in the region of £2,000 per day — a fact that has meant that… Read more

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Orkney’s archaeology – The Economist article

The ongoing excavations – and the cost – on the Ness of Brodgar feature in an interesting article on Orkney’s archaeology, from The Economist. Click here to read.… Read more

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Archaeology safaris — The Ness of Brodgar 2012

A new video from Adam Stanford, of www.aerial-cam.co.uk, who worked on the site this summer.… Read more

The cleaning of the interior of Structure 1.

News

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Ness of Brodgar – Preliminary Phasing

The complexities, depth of stratigraphy (perhaps over three metres overall) and the extraordinary preservation of the Ness of Brodgar complex makes an understanding of the phasing of this remarkable site… Read more