Wednesday wildlife – the otter and the eel meal
This week’s photographic selection from site director Nick Card documents one of his aquatic neighbours on the Ness taking to the water and successfully catching a meal!
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A detailed look at the life of Structure Twelve
Working through the website a few weeks ago, it became clear that the information on Structure Twelve was sorely lacking!
The building, possibly once one of the most stunning on… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – buffeted by a westerly
This week’s photographs from dig director Nick Card.… Read more
Supporting research at the Ness
One of the ways we can best progress work on the Ness of Brodgar is via student research, particularly at postgraduate level.
If we can at least cover the cost… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – an early morning otter encounter
This week’s gallery of photographs from site director Nick Card featured a special, early morning encounter with one of the otters who call the Ness home.
The pictures of the… Read more
Basketry marks inside a Grooved Ware vessel? Another Ness pottery mystery…
Pottery sherds from Structure Twenty-Six show what appear to be basketry impressions on the interior. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – squabbling and sheltering between the lochs
Wednesday dawns – or at least it will in another 25 minutes or so in Orkney – so we’ve got another batch of photographs from excavation director Nick Card. As… Read more
Structure Five revelations during reduced-scale 2021 excavation
2021
The 2021 excavation – the first since 2019, due to the pandemic – was on a much-reduced scale to previous seasons, with only Structure 10 and 12 in Trench… Read more
But where’s the trees? Gathering and using timber in Neolithic Orkney
The Orkney encountered by the first farmers, around 3700BC, was very different. Not only did lower sea levels mean more lowland areas, but Orkney was also home to wooded areas containing birch, hazel, rowan, willow, oak and pine. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – when skarfie met selkie
Wednesday again, so time for another selection of photographs from site director Nick Card showcasing the wild side of the Ness.
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Structure Twenty-Six – an update
The next update to our pages covering the different structures in the Ness of Brodgar complex is now live. This week, we cover Structure Twenty-Six, the later building between Structures… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – ones and twos
This week’s photographs from Ness of Brodgar excavation director Nick Card.… Read more
Latest prehistoric fingerprints belonged to 13-year-old boy
An image of the latest Ness of Brodgar fingerprints captured using Reflectance Transformation Imaging. (Jan Blatchford)
The latest prehistoric fingerprints on a pottery fragment from the Ness of Brodgar belonged… Read more
Ness artefacts at British Museum will help shine a light on the world of Stonehenge
A selection of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest artefacts will feature in a major exhibition at the British Museum next year.
Hailed the first exhibition of its kind in… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – birdwatching
Another selection of photographs showcasing the wildlife around the Ness from site director Nick Card.
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Wednesday wildlife – on the wing
This week’s selection of wildlife photographs from around the Ness of Brodgar by site director Nick Card.… Read more
