The Ness of Brodgar Excavation

With all our volunteer places for the 2020 excavation full, we’re already receiving a flood of inquiries about 2021. Could we ask that anyone interested in volunteering next year hold off contacting us until October 2020, by which time we will know if we’ve raised the necessary funds to continue …

Huge congratulations to Sam Harris, a regular at the Ness over the last few years, who has just been granted his PhD from Bradford University. Sam’s HES-funded thesis Developing Archaeomagnetic Dating for Neolithic Scotland was based largely on samples he extracted from the hearths at the Ness. The project developed …

The new Ness “Tam o Brodgar” knitting pattern is now available to buy as a digital download to raise funds for our ongoing excavations. The fundraiser is a collaboration with Orkney Tweed, who stock printed copies of the pattern as well as the wool packs to create your own stylish …

Another four Ness newsletters – numbers 16-19, covering 2019 – are now available to download as PDFs.

A new Ness fundraiser launches in Orkney tomorrow, Friday, December 20. The Ness “Tam o Brodgar” knitting patterns will be on sale at Orkney Tweed, 23 Victoria Street, Kirkwall, to raise funds for our ongoing excavations at the Ness of Brodgar. Initially, the patterns and wool packs will only be …

Since before we starting digging this year, our inbox has been positively bursting at the seams with emails from people looking to volunteer for the 2020 excavation season. Although we’ve not quite reached the 1,200 applications we had for 2019, it was close! All our volunteer and student places are …