Analysis suggests two young men left fingerprints on Ness pottery fragment
In April we shared the exciting news that the fingerprint of a Neolithic potter was found on a ceramic sherd recovered from Trench X.
We can now tell you that… Read more
Structures Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Three and Thirty-Three
The earliest phase of activity so far uncovered in Trench P, showing the location of Structures Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Three and Thirty-Three.
Structure Twenty-Eight
The remains of Structure Twenty-Eight lie beneath its… Read more
Structures Seventeen and Eighteen
The relationship between Structure Eight (in red) and its two predecessors, Structures Seventeen (left) and Eighteen.
The earliest phase of activity so far uncovered in Trench P, showing the location… Read more
Big Howe – an Iron Age broch beside the Stones of Stenness?
Stand in the centre of the Stones of Stenness today and a short distance to the south-east, in the adjacent field, you will see a low mound. This is Big Howe, all that remains of a large Iron Age feature that once dominated an area 150 metres away from the stone circle. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – the march to midsummer
This week’s selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.
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Prehistoric deer carvings in Argyll are a first for Scotland
We’re no strangers to Neolithic art at the Ness of Brodgar, but our examples are either circular cupmarks or geometric designs.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has confirmed yesterday… Read more
Quanterness chambered cairn
The Quanterness passage grave is the third in a series of three found in a three-mile stretch of countryside between Kirkwall and Finstown. Read more
The Bay of Skaill trail
We bring this week to a close they way we started it – with another trail!
This time we head to the west coast of the Orkney Mainland and… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – feathered friends
We’re back with a selection of photographs from the camera of Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card.
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The Bay of Firth Neolithic trail
Now that things are getting back to some semblance of normality, we’ve turned out attention to the incredibly rich Neolithic landscape around the Bay of Firth.
Although the trail focuses… Read more
Structure Twenty-Seven: A video introduction
A new video introducing the enigmatic Structure Twenty-Seven at the bottom of Trench T.… Read more
Wideford Hill chambered cairn
Just under three miles to the east of Cuween Hill, on the steep, upper slopes of Wideford Hill, is a second Neolithic passage grave. Read more
Link: The significance of red deer in prehistory
A link to a new article, Connecting the Edges: The Call of the Wild, by Kath Page, a postgraduate MLitt Archaeology Studies student at the UHI Archaeology Institute. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – hare today…
This week’s selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.… Read more
Cuween chambered cairn
The Cuween cairn is built on an artificial terrace on the upper slopes of Cuween Hill's eastern side. Cuween is a Maeshowe-type cairn consisting of a “roughly rectangular” central chamber with four smaller cells branching off from each side. Read more
Around the Ness in the 19th century with George Washington Wilson
We were delighted to learn this week that the University of Aberdeen’s George Washington Wilson photographic archive is free to access online.
Operating from Aberdeen, on the Scottish mainland, in… Read more
