Wednesday wildlife – brief encounter
This week’s photographs from site director Nick Card, focusing on one of his neighbours encountered on Sunday by the shore of the Harray loch.
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Sandfiold: cremation, tomb and cist
Like the many Neolithic chambered cairns throughout Orkney, the Sandfiold cist was clearly meant to be, and was, re-used. Few Orcadian cairns have been found to contain human remains, strongly suggesting that they were not the final destination for all the Neolithic dead. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – the calm between the storms
This week’s selection of pictures taken by site director Nick during lulls in the blustery weather.… Read more
Sandfiold: an ‘exceptional’ burial cist in use for almost two millennia
In 1989, a vehicle broke through the top of a rock-cut chamber that contained a rectangular, box-like structure. Read more
The passing of a great archaeologist
Sorely missed: The late Caroline Wickham-Jones.
With great shock and numbing sadness we learned today that archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones has passed away.
Caroline, a great supporter of the Ness and… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – making the most of the winter sun
This week’s photographs from site director Nick Card.
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Braving the elements to pack artefacts on loan to Stonehenge exhibition
By Anne Mitchell
Yesterday morning, Thursday, January 6, was bitterly cold here at the Ness, with snow on the Hoy hills, a gusty Force Eight blowing across the site… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – a new year…
It’s been a stormy start to 2022, but fortunately punctuated by a few calmer spells.
During one of these, site director Nick ventured out with his camera to bring us… Read more
The Sandfiold Bronze Age cemetery
Sandfiold is a low hill, near Skara Brae, that is home to the remnants of an extensive Bronze Age cemetery. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – the otter at the bottom of the garden
This week’s photographs from Ness site director Nick Card focus on one of his next door neighbours and a frequent visitor to his garden.… Read more
Visit Skara Brae virtually with new digital 3D model
A new 3D model of Skara Brae is offering online visitors an immersive digital experience of the 5,000-year-old Neolithic settlement. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – making the most of the scant hours of daylight
This week’s photographic offering from Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card.
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The Knowes of Trotty – a Bronze Age cemetery and Neolithic settlement site
The Knowes of Trotty form a Bronze Age barrow cemetery that is the only one of its kind in northern Britain and the largest between here and southern England. Read more
British Museum announce objects joining Ness artefacts at Stonehenge exhibition
Stonehenge. (📷 English Heritage)
A selection of artefacts from the Ness of Brodgar are among the hundreds coming together for a special exhibition on Stonehenge at the British Museum next… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – watching you watching me
Our weekly selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.… Read more
Tracing the Lines: Uncovering Grooved Ware Trajectories in Neolithic Scotland
Dr. Mike Copper co-authored a paper analysing the adoption, development, and demise of Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery in Scotland, positing its origins in Orkney around 3160-3090 BC. Read more
