Finds, floors and a film premiere!
Dig Diary – Day Twenty
Friday, July 23, 2021
The Ness has had many notable “firsts” but today we became one of the very, very few archaeological sites worldwide to… Read more
Dig Diary Extra – views from above
A selection of this afternoon’s drone photographs from Structure Twelve supervisor Jim Rylatt.… Read more
Saddle quern fragment recovered from Structure Twelve
Dig Diary – Day Nineteen
Thursday, July 22, 2021
We’ll begin today’s diary in Structure Ten, where dig director Nick and supervisors Jo and Sinead got together to formulate a… Read more
Is Structure Five earlier than the ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’?
Dig Diary – Day Eighteen
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
We’ll start today with three interesting developments in Structure Twelve.
Working just outside the south wall Ole has found a striking… Read more
Early buildings, special visitors and Structure Five gets more complex
Dig Diary – Day Seventeen
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
There are many things in this world, dear reader, that we thought we would never see.
High up on that list… Read more
It’s large, it’s Grooved Ware and now available as a 3D model
Dig Diary – Day Sixteen
Monday, July 19, 2021
We have a real treat for you today.
You will recall we told you last week about the very large Grooved… Read more
Astonished by the finesse of latest pot sherd decoration
Colin and Duncan begin the operation to remove the scrappy, later wall to the west of Structure Thirty-Two. (đŸ“· Sigurd Towrie)
Dig Diary – Day FifteenFriday, July 16, 2021
Some… Read more
The giant pot kept coming…
Dig Diary – Day Fourteen
Thursday, July 15, 2021
The day began much as it ended yesterday – the operation to remove the sherds of the giant pot outside… Read more
A gigantic pot sherd and the building beneath Structure Ten
Dig Diary – Day Thirteen
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
We have already mentioned the very large pot which has been uncovered near the blocked north-west entrance to Structure Twelve.
Well,… Read more
Another polished stone axe from Trench J
Dig Diary – Day Twelve
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
It been another day of trench extensions across the site – but not particularly large ones.
In Trench J,… Read more
Small but perfectly formed – Trench J’s miniature axehead
Dig Diary – Day Eleven
Monday, July 12, 2021
We’re losing count of the extensions to Trench J this year. There have certainly been three and it looks likely… Read more
‘I think I have Dig Deprivation’ – a blog post by Jim Richardson
In 2012, Jim Richardson visited the Ness to capture images for a National Geographic feature.
On Thursday, he posted a lovely article on the Ness excavation on his blog.
… Read more
We’ve got it! Structure Five’s western wall revealed
Dig Diary – Day Ten
Friday, July 9, 2021
If you want to be really rude to an archaeologist, call them a “wall chaser”.
The term implies all that was… Read more
Clipboards, trowels and a find or two…
Dig Diary – Day Nine
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Well, that’s been another good, productive day.
All across the site the dig team have ironed out the week-one teething troubles… Read more
