Dig diary – home is where the hearth is
Today, we can say with confidence that we are looking at a hearth at the centre of a Late Neolithic building in Trench W. Read more
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Time Team’s Ness special now online
Following its world premiere in Orkney earlier this month, Time Team's Ness of Brodgar special will go live to the public at 7pm tonight. Read more
Dig diary – gneiss, soil and a shadow of something taking shape
Today's update from the end of week two. Read more
Dig diary – has medieval ploughing erased most of our mysterious structure?
Work to uncover the final trench quadrant - the north-western one - got under way today, revealing another small section of the circular anomaly. Read more
Dig diary – three quadrants exposed
A shorter diary than usual because it's been full steam ahead in the trench today. Read more
Dig diary – a planning marathon, orthostats, clay and Grooved Ware
Trench TT yielded fresh clues today, including a projecting orthostat, yellow clay layers and a fragment of Grooved Ware pottery. Read more
Dig diary – another slice of the anomaly and the axe that wasn’t
Another bright, busy day saw new orthostats emerge within the circular anomaly, continued rubble removal along the trench edge, fresh planning and sampling — plus a fleeting false alarm over a “stone axe.” Read more
Dig diary – week one ends with more prehistoric ard marks
Week one draws to a close and what a productive one it's been. Read more
Dig diary – ard marks and emerging buildings?
Today's update from Trench TT as we near the end of week one. Read more
Dig diary – mist, mud… and an Early Neolithic arrowhead
As work continued, the third example of an Early Neolithic leaf arrowhead emerged from Trench TT. Read more
Dig diary – a new start at the Ness, even if the weather had other ideas
The new trench is opened, cleaned (nearly) and we're all set to go. Read more
We’re back on site tomorrow. . . and here’s why
We’re back on site tomorrow to investigate an intriguing circular feature revealed by the Time Team ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey in July 2025. Read more
Hundreds turn out for world premiere of Time Team Ness special
The Orkney Theatre was almost filled to capacity last night for the world premiere of the Time Team Special filmed during the last full season of excavation in 2024. Read more
Video: Comparing rock art…
Dr Antonia Thomas, from the UHI Archaeology Institute, features in a new Time Team video on prehistoric rock art, contrasting that found on Ilkley Moor with the Neolithic carvings in Orkney and the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
Ness number one in John Gater’s top five discoveries
Time Team's geophysics expert, Dr John Gater, counts down the five discoveries he believes have transformed the world of archaeology - the moments where geophysics stole the show. Read more
Nick on the Ness in new Time Team podcast
Ahead of this summer's exploratory excavation, project director Nick Card is featured in the new Time Team news podcast, introducing the site and explaining its significance. Read more
