Stenness pupils tackle Neolithic roofing and walls
Our education officer, Katy Firth, has been working with Stenness Primary School on a project focused on Stenness: Past, Present & Future. Read more
Video: Professor Colin Richards on death and burial in Neolithic Orkney
A pair of videos from Professor Colin Richards, created for the UHI Archaeology Institute's Tombs of the Isles project. Read more
Focus on finds: Arran pitchstone
Arran pitchstone has only been found at two Neolithic sites in Orkney – the Ness of Brodgar complex and the Barnhouse settlement, some 460 metres to the south-east. Read more
2012 excavation DSR available to download
The next in our series of Data Structure Reports (DSRs) is now available, with the 2012 document free to download. Read more
Ness number one in John Gater’s top five discoveries
Time Team's geophysics expert, Dr John Gater, counts down the five discoveries he believes have transformed the world of archaeology - the moments where geophysics stole the show. Read more
Tiny bead fragment from Structure Five
The ongoing processing of environmental samples from the site has yielded another little treasure - another tiny stone bead fragment. Read more
‘Rocks with a story to tell’ – analysing wall composition of Ness structures
Geologist Dr Martha Johnson on her research into the wall composition of the Ness buildings. Read more
Online survey to help shape how the story of Orkney’s Neolithic is told
Would you like help to shape how the story of Orkney’s Neolithic is told? If so, UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Cameron Taylor would like your input. Read more
Incised stone fragment turns up during environmental sample processing
Working through the Ness environmental samples, environmental archaeologist Cecily Webster has found another tiny fragment of decorated stone. Read more
Link: Biographies of Orcadian Neolithic axes paper now available
The first paper from the 'At the Cutting Edge: The Biographies of Orcadian Neolithic Axes' project been published in the journal Antiquity. Read more
From the archive: Evidence of Neolithic village confirmed at Ness of Brodgar
A flashback to June 2004, and the first newspaper article on the extent of the discoveries at the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
Making and using Skaill knives – new paper in Journal of Lithic Studies
The results of a new study exploring how Skaill knives were made and used have been published in a new paper in the Journal of Lithic Studies. Read more
Ness session for young archaeologists
Orkney Young Archaeologists Club (YAC) met yesterday, when the focus was the Ness of Brodgar Neolithic complex. Read more
Hardly a seat left in the theatre for Ness film premiere in Kirkwall
Almost 300 people made their way to the Orkney Theatre last night for the premiere of Lucy Carr-McClave's film What’s Left Lasting: People, Process & Time at the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
Looking ahead to film premiere on Orkney Arts radio programme
Ahead of Thursday's premiere of What’s Left Lasting: People, Process & Time at the Ness of Brodgar, film-maker Lucy Carr McClave and Ness co-director Anne Mitchell were guests on this month's Radio Orkney Arts programme. Read more
Out of chaos comes order – research continues on Ness stone tools
UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Gary Lloyd on his ongoing research into coarse stone tools at the Ness. Read more
