Dig Diary – Day Eight
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Extending a trench is no small matter.
It’s really only justified if you have a pressing question which needs answering, and… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Seven
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
After an afternoon of rain yesterday, day seven dawned brightly and the sun shone all day.
Don’t worry. We’re not going… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Six
Monday, July 5, 2021
One of the joys of post-lockdown digging is meeting old friends and colleagues, and today we welcomed back Structure Twelve supervisor… Read more
The recording of last Friday’s UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, looking at the analysis of sheep and deer teeth from the Ness of Brodgar.
The seminar, entitled 5,000 years of… Read more
Day One: Back on site and ready for some serious archaeology.
We’re back! After two, long and frustrating years life has returned to the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
Structures Eleven and Nineteen during the third major phase of activity within Trench P.
Around 2900BC, the southern half of Structure Eight had been removed, Structure Ten erected and Structures… Read more
Structures Twenty-One and Twenty-Nine in relation to the other piered buildings in Trench P.
Structure Twenty-One
The excavated section of Structure Twenty-One, adjacent to Structure One (top).
Schematic showing the… Read more
Occupation Phase Two in Trench P, dating from c3100BC. Structure Sixteen is highlighted in red.
The heavily truncated remains of Structure Sixteen sit directly to the south of Structure Fourteen… Read more
The earliest phase of activity so far uncovered in Trench P, showing the location of Structures Thirty-Six and Twenty.
Structure Twenty
Built around 2900BC, Structure Ten was the last major… Read more