Treasures on display at Open Day
This weekend will see our final Open Day of the 2018 season.
Amongst other things, on display will be the axes, macehead, spatulas and incised stones found this year –… Read more
Category: News
‘Midden’ by Kate Greene
for weeks the Neolithic midden
clung to my clothes, hair, and skin
or lay embedded in fingerprints, under fingernails,
in open cuts
now it’s falling off slowly as dust… Read more
‘Milk, Beef and Beer’
Feast
Diane Eagles – Artist in residence
Three ritual feasting vessels, entitled Milk, Beef and Beer, are endowed with symbolic references to Neolithic ceramics and the Ness of Brodgar.
They are… Read more
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
Prehistoric pottery workshop at the Ness
One of the most common finds at the Ness of Brodgar is pottery.
Almost all is of a style known as Grooved Ware, which appears to have developed here in… Read more
Places available for young archaeologists
There are still a few spaces left for youngsters interested in taking part in this summer’s excavation at the Ness.
Archaeology workshops, run by the World Heritage Site (WHS) Ranger… Read more
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
Opening hours and tour times – a reminder
The site is open to the public on weekdays from 9am until 4.30pm.
Guided tours run at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays at 11am and 3pm.… Read more
Prehistoric pottery sessions available at the Ness
If you fancy trying your hand at some prehistoric pottery, you’ll get the chance at the Ness this summer.
On Thursday, July 19, and Thursday, August 2, Neolithic pottery specialist, and… Read more
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
Art meets archaeology on site again
This year, we will have two artists-in-residence for the entire eight-week dig, with another three joining them over the summer.
Orkney-based Jeanne Rose will be on site, along with Karen… Read more
‘Covers set to come off at the Ness of Brodgar’
The team at VisitOrkney.com have been in conversation with Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card, discussing the plans for this summer’s eight-week excavation.
Click here to read.… Read more
Prehistoric pottery sessions on offer
If you fancy trying your hand at some prehistoric pottery, you’ll get the chance at the Ness this summer.
On Thursday, July 19, and Thursday, August 2, Neolithic pottery specialist, and… Read more
Pre-dig tidy up – thanks to all volunteers
Many thanks to those who turned up to help with today’s pre-dig tidy-up session at the Ness.
We made great progress in beautiful sunshine.… Read more
The Ness in Current Archaeology – download for free
The Ness of Brodgar excavations featured in the February 2018 edition of Current Archaeology magazine.
But such was the demand that all printed copies sold out quickly.
However, thanks to… Read more
Still places for young archaeologists at Ness workshops
There are still some slots left for youngsters looking to take part in this summer’s excavation at the Ness.
Archaeology workshops, run by the World Heritage Site (WHS) Ranger Service,… Read more
Call for volunteers to help provide a warm Ness welcome…
Would you like to help greet the visitors to the Ness of Brodgar excavation site this summer?
In 2017, around 21,500 visitors made their way to the Ness, where a… Read more
Follow us on Instagram
Are you on Instagram? So are we!
Follow @nessofbrodgar for photos and videos of this year’s dig as well as previous excavations.… Read more
Nick and Anne discuss crowdfunder campaign on Radio Orkney
Listen to Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Cards and Ness of Brodgar Trust project officer Anne Mitchell on this morning’s Around Orkney news bulletin (interview begins at 8:20 mark)… Read more
