Thursday throwback: excavation under way in Trench P in 2015
We've got a blast from the past this evening after recovering a forgotten (and assumed lost) cache of video footage from a defunct hard drive. Read more
Category: Video
‘Rediscovering a lost Neolithic tomb’ – OAS talk recording now online
The recording of the Orkney Archaeology Society (OAS) talk on the rediscovery and excavation of a Maeshowe-type chambered cairn in Holm. Read more
Drone views of Structure Twenty-Seven
Drone footage of Structure Twenty-Seven from Professor Scott Pike and Jim Rylatt. Read more
Video: Structure Twenty-Six flyaround
Jim Rylatt's latest drone video, this week focusing on the much-later building Structure Twenty-Six, which lies between Structures Ten, Twelve and Thirty. Read more
Video – Structure Twelve drone flyaround
Another short video from Ness supervisor Jim Rylatt, this one a drone orbit of Structure Twelve in Trench P. Read more
Video: Excavation site flyover
Another drone video from Ness supervisor Jim Rylatt – a flyover of the dig site from the south-eastern end of the Brig o’ Brodgar and featuring all three of the… Read more
Video: Rock art in the Holm of Papa Westray South
The fifth, and final, UHI Archaeology Institute’s Tombs of the Isles recorded talk, again featuring Dr Antonia Thomas, the Ness project’s Neolithic art specialist. Read more
Video: Passage Grave Art in Orkney’s North Isles
The fourth of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s 'Tombs of the Isles' recorded talks, and the second featuring Dr Antonia Thomas, the Ness' Neolithic art specialist. Read more
Video: Art and architecture in Neolithic Orkney – a talk by Dr Antonia Thomas
The third of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s 'Tombs of the Isles' recorded talks, this time featuring Dr Antonia Thomas, the Ness' Neolithic art specialist. Read more
Video: Death and burial in Neolithic Orkney (Part Two)
The second part of Professor Colin Richard’s talk for the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Tombs of the Isles project. Read more
Video – Circling Structure Ten
Another video from Ness supervisor Jim Rylatt, this time focusing on Structure Ten – the last major construction on site and built around 2900BC.… Read more
Video – Drone view of Structure Eight
Another of Jim Rylatt's drone videos, this time focusing on Structure Eight, the longest of the piered buildings excavated on site. Read more
Video – Structure One from above
Another short video from Jim Rylatt, this time a 360-degree flyaround of Structure One, the first building found on site back in March 2003.
Note that the walls at the… Read more
Video – Drone flyaround of Trench J
A short video of Trench J from Jim Rylatt, showing Structure Five and the northern boundary wall.… Read more
Video – Drone flyaround of Trench P
A short video from Jim Rylatt showing the entirety of Trench P from above.… Read more
Diary Extra – Structure Twenty-Seven flyover video
A short video from Professor Scott Pike, showing Trench T and Structure Twenty-Seven.… Read more
Video: Structure Twelve – ‘The hammer(stone) house of horrors’
Site director Nick Card's 2023 pre-dig lecture in Kirkwall, recorded by Orkney Archaeology Society in June as part of their OAS Legacy Project. Read more
Link: Nick Card interview on Strata programme
Site director Nick Card has been in the USA, where he was keynote speaker at the Archaeology Channel’s Conference on Cultural Heritage Media.
Nick delivered a series of talks in… Read more
Video: Maeshowe and the winter solstice
Today, Wednesday, December 21, is the winter solstice – a day intextricably linked to Maeshowe in Stenness.
With its south-westerly facing entrance, Maeshowe’s best known attribute is its orientation towards the… Read more
Video: The Ness on History Hit TV
Historian Tristan Hughes visited the Ness of Brodgar this summer, to film for the History Hit TV programme Mysteries of Prehistoric Scotland: Stone Age Orkney.
Although the full programme… Read more
Science Festival premiere for Ness of Brodgar artist’s film
A film created by Ness of Brodgar artist in residence Dr Karen Wallis was premiered today as part of the 32nd Orkney International Science Festival.
Since 2016, Karen has… Read more
