Around the Ness: Howastedgarth
By Sigurd Towrie We finished last week with George Marwick’s claimed “old name” for the Ring of Brodgar – Howastedgarth. I first stumbled across it in 2012, in a transcription of a talk given...
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Carved Stone Balls – experimental archaeology workshop with Chris Gee
Chris Gee, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, discusses the creation of Neolithic carved stone balls. This video was made during the Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH)...
Buildings through time: Structure Ten
The latest in our series looking at the excavation of each major building over time focuses on Structure Ten. See also 3D model of Trench P.
Around the Ness: The Ring of Brodgar
By Sigurd Towrie “[In Stenness] beside the lake are stones high and broad, in height equal to a spear, and in an equal circle of half a mile.” Jo Ben. Descriptio Insularum Orchadiarum. c1529...
Buildings through time: Structure Twelve
The next in our series looking at the excavation of each major structure over time focuses on Structure Twelve.
November date set for launch of Ness interim volume
A new book providing a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the Ness of Brodgar is due to be published next month. Excavation at the Ness began in 2006 and the project’s interim monograph, The...
Around the Ness: Unstan Cairn
By Sigurd Towrie In the late 19th century, a grassy mound on a headland jutting into the Stenness loch attracted the attention of one of the many antiquarians with their sights on Orkney’s suspected...
Landscapes Revealed – new book sheds new light on the Heart of Neolithic Orkney
The Ness of Brodgar features in a new book on the landscape of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. Launched this week, Landscapes Revealed: Remote Sensing Across the Heart of Neolithic Orkney...
Buildings through time: Structure One
Unsurprisingly, things have changed considerably over the years of work at the Ness. So we thought it would be interesting to compile a collection of photographs showing the excavation of each major structure over...
Carved stone ball competition winner
The winner of our carved stone ball competition was drawn out of the hat this morning and the prize is on its way to Jo Hepton. We had a marvellous response from all over...
