A link to a new article, Connecting the Edges: The Call of the Wild, by Kath Page, a postgraduate M.Litt Archaeology Studies student based at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.
Ahead of this year’s excavation season, we’re giving our website an overhaul over the next few days. I’ll try and keep the disruption to a minimum but there may be occasions that visitors will find...
Dates set for 2021 Ness of Brodgar dig season We are delighted to announce that excavation will resume at the Ness of Brodgar this summer – although on a much-reduced scale. Our excavation and finds...
“Set some way upslope, they also looked down on land where settlements had been established for some time. Held at a respectful distance, the spirits of each place kept an eye on the living. They...
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 the latter half of the...
Our weekly showcase of wildlife photographs from Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card.
The discovery of a huge prehistoric quernstone is the latest evidence of an Early Neolithic settlement on the outskirts of Kirkwall, Orkney. Ploughing near Saverock, St Ola, uncovered the saddle quern, which was spotted by...
In Orkney, around 5,000 years ago, a Neolithic potter sat down and began work. In the process of creating their vessel, the potter pressed a finger into the wet clay and left an imprint on...
This week’s superb selection of photographs from dig director Nick Card.
“The first decayed and new ones were made. And in time the new ones became old, yet still they were rings of timber – though now the rings were trimmed posts raised within a bank...
By Roy Towers Many of you will be familiar with the work of Cecily Webster, our eagle-eyed flotation expert, and her assistant, Travis. Their task is to take the buckets full of carefully gathered samples...
It’s been a week of it in Orkney – gales, rain and snow! But thankfully, in between all that, there’s been plenty of sunshine. Although the sun struggled to raise temperatures, it provided the ideal...
One very crucial aspect of post-excavation work is the analysis of the stratigraphy and the creation of chronological phases for the site which all this information can be related to. Previously, we introduced our work...
‘Expedient architecture’ and the Neolithic long cairns of Orkney Part one available here By Sigurd Towrie Point of Cott, Westray, Orkney Under threat of destruction, due to coastal erosion, the long cairn at the Point...
Both pieces have now been sold – thank you for your support. Orcadian woodturner Michael Sinclair has made another two beautiful bowls which are being offered to Ness followers to help boost our excavation funds....
This week’s selection of photographs from around the Ness from dig director Nick Card.
‘Expedient architecture’ and the Neolithic long cairns of Orkney Part One By Sigurd Towrie Visitors to the Ness of Brodgar dig will probably have heard “surface over substance” used to describe the construction of some...
The latest glowing review of the the Ness of Brodgar interim monograph has been posted to the Prehistoric Society website this morning. The review, by Susan Greaney of Cardiff University/English Heritage, concludes: “This superbly produced...
