Diary Extra – Day Nineteen in pictures
Lovely to see Jo Bourne back on site, so here’s a selection of her pictures from today.
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Dig Diary – Found it! Suspected hearth in Structure Twenty-Seven
All eyes on Structure Twenty-Seven this afternoon, where a possible hearth emerged. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Dig Diary – Day NineteenThursday, July 27
One thing you can always be sure of,… Read more
Diary Extra – Day Eighteen in pictures
A few photographs from across the site today. Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Dig Diary – Wall after wall in Structure Twelve!
The dig team gather around Structure Twelve during this morning’s site tour. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Day EighteenWednesday, July 26
The day dawned bright, with a few drizzly showers about 1pm,… Read more
Dig Diary – Funerary role for Structure Twenty-Seven? Bookan cairn parallels resurface after today’s discoveries
There is no doubt that Structure Twenty-Seven is a puzzling building. Read more
Dig Diary – More evidence of Structure Twenty-Eight beneath our feet?
We kick off today’s diary with Structure Twelve, where there were a couple of surprises late in the day. Read more
Video: Structure Twelve – ‘The hammer(stone) house of horrors’
Site director Nick Card's 2023 pre-dig lecture in Kirkwall, recorded by Orkney Archaeology Society in June as part of their OAS Legacy Project. Read more
Diary Extra – New 3d model of Great Wall of Brodgar’s outer face
A new 3d model of the northern boundary wall by Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin.
The ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’ is a huge construction that spans the Ness of Brodgar.… Read more
Diary Extra – Day Fifteen in pictures
A selection of photographs from day 15. Click on any image for a larger version.… Read more
Dig Diary – Farewells, finds, frustrations and revelations
Day Fifteen
Friday, July 21, 2023
Here we are at the end of week three!
It has been one of those Friday’s tinged with sadness because we have… Read more
Dig Diary – More evidence to suggest the ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’ stood tall
Day Fourteen
Thursday, July 20, 2023
It’s been an incredibly busy day on site, so tonight’s diary is shorter than usual. Not because there’s any less to report, but… Read more
Diary Extra – A busy day in all the trenches
A few pictures from around the site today, including some of the lovely finds (and finds team!).
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Dig Diary – Haematite, pumice and we’re back in the ‘corner of loveliness’
Long-term diary readers will recall the fabled “corner of loveliness” - the annexe outside Structure Twelve's eastern entrance. Read more
Diary Extra – Photographs of Trench T and Structure One from above
A selection of Professor Scott Pike’s drone photographs from yesterday and today.
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Dig Diary – Predecessor’s pier a surprise discovery in Structure Ten
Travis, Johanna and Nick J. excavating around the newly discovered stone pier in Structure Twenty. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Day TwelveTuesday, July 18, 2023
Structure Ten – or more correctly Structure… Read more
