We’re delighted to have our knitting kits back in the Ness online shop. We had to stop them for a while because we had Covid-19 related supply problems but these have been overcome. The...
Dig director Nick Card’s weekly showcase of the birds and animals living around the Ness of Brodgar excavation site. Click on any image for a larger version.
We can confirm today that we have evidence of a woven Neolithic textile at the Ness of Brodgar – only the second example found in Scotland. We don’t physically have a piece of 5,000-year-old...
The Covid-19 cancellation of the 2020 Ness of Brodgar excavation, and related fundraising activity, is having a serious impact on Ness funds. Contrary to what many people think, the Ness is NOT an excavation...
The Ness of Brodgar looks set to take play a major role in a new animated feature film set in Neolithic Orkney. Lugi: the Brodgar Boy is the brainchild of Orcadian illustrator Alex Leonard,...
Wednesday is upon us yet again, so we’ve got another selection of wildlife photographs from Ness dig director Nick Card. As usual, click on any image for a larger version.
“When on the way to the Bridge of Brogar, attention is at once arrested by a singly giant monolith … standing erect, like a giant sentinel, called the Watch Stone” James Macbeath. The Orkneys...
It is now just over 17 years since the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar complex and 2020 will be the first time since 2003 that no excavation will take place on site. So...
A cache of long-lost photographs from 2007, showing Trench J, (which was re-opened and extended in 2018), Trench M (opened to examine the extent of the “Great Wall of Brodgar“) and Trench P. It’s...
