Wednesday wildlife – on the wing
This week’s selection of wildlife photographs from around the Ness of Brodgar by site director Nick Card.… Continue reading
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Structures Five and Thirty-Two…
Our understanding of Structures Five and Thirty-Two in Trench J advanced considerably during the 2021 excavation season. As a result, we’ve updated the Structure Five page and added a new one to cover what’s known about Thirty-Two.… Continue reading -
Wednesday wildlife – birds around Brodgar
This week’s showcase of photographs from site director Nick Card. … Continue reading -
The Norse on the Ness of Brodgar
By Sigurd Towrie A few weeks ago conversation at excavation HQ drifted from matters Ness and the Neolithic to apparent Viking Age runes found in the 1920s at the nearby Brodgar farm.… Continue reading
Wednesday wildlife – a selection of welcome and not-so-welcome sights
This week’s photographic selection from Ness of Brodgar excavation director Nick Card.
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Geophysics suggests the Ness may not be the unique Neolithic site once thought
“Taking in an area of c.55 hectares, the remote sensing survey of land to the north of Bookan has been nothing short of revelatory.”… Continue reading
Wednesday wildlife is back…
After its summer break, we’re back with a new series of Wednesday Wildlife – weekly gallery of photographs taken around the Ness of Brodgar by excavation director Nick Card.… Continue reading
Touching our ancestors – the Ness and the SPOTtimespotTIME artwork
By Elaine Robinson
Having had a lifelong interest in archaeology, imagine my excitement from the point of view as an artist who has been collecting fingerprints since 2015, when my attention was drawn to an article in April 2021 detailing the discovery of a 5,000-year-old fingerprint at the Ness of Brodgar.… Continue reading
Ness MRes studentship now available at UHI Archaeology Institute
A part-funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentship focusing on the faunal assemblage at the Ness of Brodgar is now available at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.… Continue reading
Enclosing the midden mound – Iron Age activity at the Ness
By Sigurd Towrie
Although the Ness of Brodgar is best known for its Neolithic archaeology, the isthmus was a focus of activity throughout prehistory and history.… Continue reading
Video – ‘Why Rocks?’
Today’s Orkney International Science Festival talk by Dr Martha Johnson, highlighting the Ness of Brodgar rocks that don’t fit the local geology, and showing clues to their origins.… Continue reading
Video – ‘The Ness in Rock and Stone’
Today’s Orkney International Science Festival talk featuring Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card, Ann Clark and Dr Antonia Thomas of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.… Continue reading
31st Orkney International Science Festival begins today with Ness talk scheduled for Sunday
The 31st annual Orkney International Science Festival begins today, Thursday, September 2, and runs until September 8.
On Sunday, September 5, the Dr Raymond Lamb Memorial Lecture is entitled The Ness in Rock and Stone and outlines some of the insights gained from the study of finds from the site.… Continue reading
Fourth fingerprint from Ness pottery belonged to an adult male
Examination of a fourth fingerprint found on pottery sherds from the Ness of Brodgar suggests it was left by an adult male.… Continue reading
Carved stone ball auction raised £425 for excavation funds
Our auction of a carved stone ball replica ended today at 5pm and raised £425 for Ness excavation funds.
The handmade, red sandstone artefact was created by Chris Gee, who donated it to the Ness of Brodgar Trust.… Continue reading
The final find of the season…before the cover-up began
Just when you think it’s all over, we have one last find to share with you – a delicately incised stone from Trench J.… Continue reading
That’s excavation done for another year so thank you all
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-Three
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Ah well, the inevitable has happened and this is our last day of excavation at the wonderful Ness of Brodgar.… Continue reading
One day left to visit the Ness before the site closes to the public
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-Two
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
How time flies.
The end of the season is nigh and if you’ve yet to visit the site, tomorrow is the last day it’s open to the public.… Continue reading
Another hammerstone and a site awash with planning frames
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-One
Monday, August 9, 2021
Well, readers, this is the beginning of the last week of the excavation campaign for this year.… Continue reading
