Around the Ness: The Deepdale Stone
By Sigurd Towrie Head north along the road parallel to the south-western shore of the Stenness loch and a single standing stone will be clearly visible on high ground to the north-west. Located in...
Ness of Brodgar Excavation Blog
Wednesday wildlife – above, on and in the lochs
The fauna of the Ness of Brodgar captured through the camera lens of Ness of Brodgar dig director Nick Card.
Around the Ness: The Bookan Chambered Cairn
By Sigurd Towrie At some point in the Neolithic a small, multi-chambered structure was built on high ground at the north-western end of the Ness of Brodgar. Today the Bookan chambered cairn is a...
Wednesday wildlife – otters at work and play
The first week of 2021 and the Ness of Brodgar otters have been out and about, as these pictures from site director Nick Card show.
Around the Ness: The Barnhouse Settlement – Structure Eight
“The overall impression of Structure Eight is that of a large building drawing on certain elements of the house and transforming them into monumental proportions. In architectural form it continues a general movement towards...
Another happy contributor…
It’s been a strange year – of that there is no doubt – and we’ve reached the end of 2020. Although it will be remembered for the things we couldn’t get done, the Covid-19...
Wednesday wildlife – on the lochs
As 2020 draws to a close, site director Nick has been out and about around the Ness with his camera.
Around the Ness: The Barnhouse Settlement – House Two
By Sigurd Towrie For three centuries the Barnhouse settlement was dominated by a structure unlike any of the others in the village. Labelled House Two by Prof Colin Richards, who discovered and excavated the...
Festive flashback – winter at the Ring of Brodgar
As I write this, there’s a light dusting of snow covering Orkney’s West Mainland. It’s been quite a few years since we had a major covering of snow – December 2010, I think, when...
Around the Ness: The Barnhouse Settlement
“[A]fter the establishment of settlement at Barnhouse the local landscape underwent a fundamental transformation by virtue of the spectacular display of monumentality embodied in Maeshowe, the Stones of Stenness and the groups of standing...
Rhind Lectures 2020: Number 6
All change around 2500/2400 BC? End of the ‘Scottish Neolithic’ and the future of Neolithic studies The last of this year’s Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’s annual Rhind lectures, in which Dr Alison...
