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Diary Extra – Day Eighteen in pictures

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 (10:06 PM)

A few photographs from across the site today. Click on any image for an enlargement.

Site tour at Trench J this morning. (📷 Scott Pike)

Trench P. (📷 Scott Pike)

Trench P and Trench J. (📷 Scott Pike)

Diggers gather around Trench J this morning, with the 'Great Wall of Brodgar' in the foreground. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Jim Rylatt explaining Structure Twelve to diggers this morning. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

All around Structure Twelve. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Alice explains Structure Eight. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Diggers outside Structure Eight. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Inside Structure Twelve this afternoon. Starring Jim, Linda and Gianluca. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Chris Marshall excavating between Structures Twelve and Thirty. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Some of the Structure One team through the building's southern entrance. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

GIS training for Willamette student Ceci. Also pictured are Aaron, Sarah, Alette and Ralph. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Ness of Brodgar tour group outside Trench T. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Tom and Ceiridwen record the contents of Structure Eight's southern hearth. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Alice and Rowan contemplate another hearth in Structure Eight. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Ralph balancing over the floor deposits in Structure Five. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)

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