Excavating the Ness has produced tens of thousands of finds – pot, worked stone, flint, decorated stone, pumice, charcoal and more besides, not to mention vast quantities of bone and samples.
All of this material holds the story of the Ness of Brodgar.
We must curate it all to the highest standards, for current archaeological science but also for the future when new techniques will allow more questions to be answered. Although all of this is under way, we need more funds to complete this mammoth task and this is where Sponsor a Find comes in.
- Periodically we will post details of several finds and invite you to sponsor these. The first batch are shown below.
- No limit on the number of people sponsoring each find.
- Sponsor the find just once or make regular donations towards its care.
- Give your sponsorship as a gift to someone else.
- “Collect” types of finds or from the different trenches and structures.
- We’ll send you a sponsorship certificate.
The finds
All five of the following artefacts, offered in this new batch of Sponsor a Find, will be on display at the British Museum, London, as part of the exciting The World of Stonehenge exhibition running from February 17, 2022 to July 17, 2022. This is an important exhibition and we’re very pleased that the Ness of Brodgar will figure in it.
The first batch of objects can still be sponsored and are available here.
Cushion Macehead

Cushion macehead from Trench J. (Hugo Anderson-Whymark)
- Small Find no 700
- Trench J
- Found July 16, 2007
Cup-and-ring decorated stone

Cup-and-ring decorated stone. (Antonia Thomas)
- Small Find no 3133
- Structure Ten, Trench P
- Found August 20, 2010
Cupmarked stone

Multi-cupmarked stone. (Antonia Thomas)
- Small Find no 7530
- Structure Ten, Trench P
- Found August 20, 2010
Incised Decorated Stone

Two of the decorated faces on the massive stone from Structure Ten. (Antonia Thomas)
- Small Find no 16258
- Structure 10, Trench P
- Found July 31, 2013
Polished stone spatulate tool

Spatulate tool – one of many now found at the Ness. (Hugo Anderson-Whymark)
- Small Find no 9350
- Trench P
- Found August 1, 2011