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The Ness in the news…

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 (8:00 AM)

Some links to recent news stories and articles:

  • Elisabeth Holder – Working Away
  • British Archaeology Magazine – the printed magazine features a review of Woody Musgrove’s new book, Ness of Brodgar: Open to the Public
  • The Herald: Archaeologists hail find of 5,000-year-old stone axes
  • Press and Journal: Two ‘pristine’ stone axes found in historic Neolithic site (I’ve corrected the headline on this link – “Neolithical site”?

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Please note: The fieldwork element of the Ness of Brodgar project ended in August 2024 and the excavation site is now closed to the public. Our focus is now on post-excavation analysis.

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