An online appeal, to help cover the cost of the public viewing platform at the Ness of Brodgar excavation site, has exceeded its £2,000 target — within three days of its launch. Previous years have seen the viewing platform, which is an integral part of the daily site tours, sponsored …
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 the ongoing excavations at the Ness of Brodgar have been nominated in the “Best Archaeology Category” of the British Archaeological …
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 previous excavation seasons had to be limited to six weeks. However, a new charity to support the excavations has been …
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.
The 2014 excavations on the Ness of Brodgar are due to begin on July 14, running until August 22. Site tours will commence on July 16, two days after excavations resume, running until August 20. As in previous years, an online excavation diary will be maintained at orkneyjar.com.
A new video from Adam Stanford, of www.aerial-cam.co.uk, who worked on the site this summer.
Next Saturday, May 5, sees the opening of the new summer exhibition at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, Kirkwall. Ness of Brodgar: The Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a chance to find out more about the archaeological site that everyone it talking about. The Orkney Museum has worked closely with the Orkney …
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 a deeply thought-provoking exercise that continually changes, and is refined, as the dig progresses. Even to us archaeologists, it is …
Young people in Orkney are being given the opportunity to take part in one of the island’s most exciting archaeological digs. The Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) and World Heritage Site (WHS) Rangers Service have teamed up to offer young people the chance to learn more about the Ness …
I’ve added links (see menu to the right) to three absolutely stunning 3d panoramas created, last year, by one of the diggers, Ken Stuart. Two of the panoramas feature the Ness excavation site, while the third is the interior of the Cuween Cairn, just outside Finstown, in Firth. The Ness …
The ongoing archaeological dig on the Ness of Brodgar has been named research project of the year, in a national awards scheme. Excavations director Nick Card, senior projects manager at the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA), accepted the prize, on behalf of his team, at the Current Archaeology awards …
