The Ness of Brodgar Excavation

Diary Extra – A busy day in all the trenches

Thursday, July 20, 2023

A few pictures from around the site today, including some of the lovely finds (and finds team!).

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The finds team. From the left: Gary, Anne, Louise and Rosalind. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Fresh from the trench. Chris' two-centimetre-diameter thumb pot. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
The Neolithic thumb pot found by Chris Gee in Structure Twenty-Seven this morning. Beside one made freshly this morning by artist-in-residence Diane Eagles. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
A Ness rarity. Ray's worked-bone pin this morning. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
The south-western corner recess in Structure Twelve reading for planning. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Planning begins in Twelve's south-western corner recess. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
A depleted Structure Twenty-Seven during this afternoon's tea-break. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Molly and her mattock (and Ceci with her finds tray) on the robber debris to the north-east of Structure Twenty-Seven. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Deep in concentration. Liz excavating the interior of Structure Twenty-Seven. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Structure Twelve's eastern annexe (left), Structure Twenty-Six (centre) and Structure Thirty. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Claire and Kate excavating the seventh furniture feature in Structure Five. A denuded eight example lies directly opposite. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Tackling hearths - the Structure Eight team this afternoon. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
2023: The face exposed, work continues on top of the wall. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
A resplendent central paved area following its clean by Deely and Lena earlier this week. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

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