Skip to content

The Ness of Brodgar Project

  • Home
  • About the Ness
  • The excavation
    • A monumental complex
    • The structures
    • The rise and fall of the Ness
    • The boundary walls
    • Timeline
    • Trench plans
    • Excavation summaries
  • Post-excavation
  • The prehistory of Orkney
    • The Age system
    • Around the Ness
    • Further Afield
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Funding
  • Downloads
  • Ness newsletter
  • Archive
    • Video Archive
    • The Ness in 3d
  • Contact
  • Visiting the site
  • Home
  • The Ness Project
    • Excavation
      • Discovery
      • Trench plans
      • The structures
      • Buildings through time
      • Artefacts
        • Ceramics
      • Annual summaries
      • Glossary
    • Post-excavation
    • Publications
    • Information panels
    • Video archive
    • 3d models
    • Podcasts
    • Awards and accolades
  • Orkney prehistory
    • The Age system
      • Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
      • The Neolithic
      • The Bronze Age
      • The Iron Age
    • Archaeology around the Ness of Brodgar
      • Ness Neolithic Trail
    • Archaeology further afield
      • Bay of Skaill Trail
      • Bay of Firth Trail
  • Donate
    • Sponsor a Find
    • Funding
    • The Ness of Brodgar Trust
    • American Friends of the Ness of Brodgar
    • Support Us
      • Our Supporters
        • LEADER
  • Shop
    • Books
    • Cards & Prints
    • Woodturned bowls
    • Carved Stone Ball replica
    • Jewellery
    • Knitting kits & patterns
    • Original art
  • Contact

The Ness of Brodgar Project

  • Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Downloads
  • Visit
  • Excavation

Diary extra – day forty-four in pictures

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (7:29 PM)

Some of Jo Bourne’s photographs from today. Click on any image for a larger version.

The remaining dig team outside Trench T this morning.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Sigurd finalises context sheets, (📷 Jo Bourne)
Incised Grooved Ware pottery drying in the finds hut.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Incised Grooved Ware pottery drying in the finds hut.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ben with the flint tool from the drain outside Structure Twenty-Seven's hearth.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ben's flint tool.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Ben's flint tool.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Alice planning Structure Thirty-Four.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Alice planning Structure Thirty-Four.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Megan and Jane in the finds hut.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
And it's on to the plans. Sigurd planning the north end of Structure Twelve.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Structure Twelve's north end.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Dr Antonia Thomas examines Travis' decorated stone from Structure Twenty.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Travis outside Structure Twenty's pier.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Travis outside Structure Twenty's pier.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Paul and Rachel in Structure Five.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
The end of the rainbow. Jim in Structure Twelve.  (📷 Jo Bourne)
Across the Harray loch.  (📷 Jo Bourne)

Share this post:

  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky
  • Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads
  • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Next story Dig Diary – the stunning decorated stone recovered from Structure Twenty
  • Previous story Dig Diary – that’s all folks (except for two final Ness ‘butterflies’)

You may also like...

  • The art of archaeological planning

    Monday, July 13, 2020

  • Dig Diary – Monday, July 15, 2019

    Monday, July 15, 2019

  • Day Fifteen in pictures…

    Sunday, July 21, 2019

Follow:

Ness of Brodgar Timeline Ness of Brodgar Structures Around the Ness of Brodgar Around the Ness of Brodgar

More:

Help the Ness project

Donate to the Ness project

From our Shop

Ness of Brodgar Carved Stone Ball replicas Ness of Brodgar Knitting Kits Ness of Brodgar cards and prints Ness of Brodgar Books

Help support the Ness

Easyfundraising logo

Top Posts & Pages

  • Guides back on site for pre-dig tour
    Guides back on site for pre-dig tour
  • Neolithic fingerprints spotted on fragment of miniature pot
    Neolithic fingerprints spotted on fragment of miniature pot
  • We're back on site! Time Team dig plans confirmed for 2026
    We're back on site! Time Team dig plans confirmed for 2026
  • Time Team Special to premiere in Orkney ahead of return to the Ness
    Time Team Special to premiere in Orkney ahead of return to the Ness
  • The Structures
    The Structures
  • The Ness of Brodgar
    The Ness of Brodgar
  • A monumental complex
    A monumental complex
  • Visiting the site
    Visiting the site
  • Your chance to rebuild the Ness structures . . . with Lego bricks!
    Your chance to rebuild the Ness structures . . . with Lego bricks!
Logo Strip

Archives

Categories

Ness of Brodgar
Stenness, Orkney
info@nessofbrodgar.co.uk

Please note: The fieldwork element of the Ness of Brodgar project ended in August 2024 and the excavation site is now closed to the public. Our focus is now on post-excavation analysis and publication.

However, we will be back on site for a final, limited period in July 2026.

  • Privacy Policy
  • Copyright Notice
  • Contact

The Ness of Brodgar Project © 2026. All Rights Reserved.

Loading Comments...