Dig Diary – Sunday, July 31, 2016
Day Twenty
The year’s first open day
What a day! We were promised mainly dry weather but the wind blew and the showers just kept on coming – but still… Read more
Monthly Archive: July 2016
Diary Extra – 3D reconstruction of a complete pillow stone
Today saw the discovery of another pillow stone at the Ness, although the latest find, from Trench X, was broken. One of the other, complete, pillow stones found on site… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 28, 2016
Day NineteenThe covers come off Structure Twelve after another morning of rain.Structure Eight’s rosette stoneThe newly discovered decorated stone from Structure Eight.Like yesterday, as the day was drawing to a… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Day Eighteen
A macehead and an anvil stone
As the blog was being put together, at the end of the day, Trench X produced another… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Day Seventeen
The structure with no name . . .
Today was a day of head-scratching and complexities in more than one of the Ness structures.
In the ominously-named Trench… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 25, 2016
Day Sixteen
Hearths, magnetism and old friends…
One of the great pleasures of summer at the Ness is welcoming back those who have worked here… Read more
Diary Extra – Sunday, July 24, 2016
From Orkney to the Fens, our ancient past is coming alive
As mentioned on Friday, the Ness excavation site was visited by Kevin McKenna, a senior feature writer for The… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, July 22, 2016
Day Fifteen
Ending week three with a day of discovery
Today was a day of discoveries at the Ness and some of them have been really exciting. The most sensational was the… Read more
Diary Extra – Thursday, July 21, 2016
Some views from above
Time of another three of Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark’s panoramas, taken today, from high above various locations in Trench P.
The first was taken from directly above… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 21, 2016
Day Fourteen
More bone and a second notched stone
Miracle of miracles! A very nice lady visited the Ness today, seized the diary by the arm and insisted that there… Read more
Diary Extra – Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Around the world in 80 models . . .
Regular diary readers will have seen Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark’s marvellous 3D reproductions of the Ness of Brodgar excavation site, as well as… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Day Thirteen
Human remains under Structure Ten
Our determination to talk about the weather yesterday has come back to bite us with a vengeance. We had barely… Read more
Diary Extra – Tuesday, July 19, 2016
We’re basking in sunshine . . .
We don’t get them often, but today was a scorcher of a day – although, I will admit that it was a little… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Day Twelve
What a difference a day makes . . .
We have no idea how hot it got at the Ness today. Suffice to… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, July 18, 2016
Day Eleven
Thwarted by the rain . . . but there’s big news coming
This is not a day we wish to remember. It drizzled, then it rained, then it… Read more
