A splendid video from BBC Archives, featuring Cathal O’Shannon touring the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae.
Category: Video
Orkney – The Queen’s Isles
(Since posting this, we’ve learned it is not available to viewers outside Europe. Sorry to our non-European followers) A beautiful documentary on Orkney, from ARTE. The film-makers visited the Ness at the start of last year’s dig season to record a segment. The Ness bit begins around 16.21, but take …
From the archives – Re-opening Trench P
One from our video archive – work getting under way uncovering and cleaning up Trench P in July 2010.
From Stirling Castle to the Ness of Brodgar…
Neil Oliver chooses five fascinating places to visit in Britain Click here to read the full article from BBC History Extra. To listen to the podcast, click here.
The Summer Wind – Ness excavation 2013
The 2018 excavation season was blessed with nearly two months of uninterrupted sunshine and fair weather.
How easy it is to forget how bad conditions can be on site – as this video, by Joanne Bourne, from 2013 shows…
Video – From the trenches
A shorter than usual offering today – things got rather busy, once the rain had cleared.