Trench J in 3D
An updated model of Trench J – containing Structure Five and a section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar” – created by supervisor Paul at the end of this season’s… Read more
Monthly Archive: August 2018
From the Art Hut
This year the Art Hut was upgraded from the wooden shed of last year to a large portacabin generously supplied by Orkney Aggregates – and the number of artists increased… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Day Thirty-Eight
That’s all folks!
Well folks, that’s it.
The 2018 dig season at the Ness is now over.
Trowels have been replaced with tyres and the huge task of… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Day Thirty-Seven
Plans, pics and 3D models…
It’s a sobering thought, but after today there is just one more excavation day left.
What do we do with it? Well, we… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 20, 2018
Day Thirty-Six
Two new buildings and a possible Beaker shard
We must own up. There is a degree of lassitude around the site today, partly as a reaction to yesterday’s… Read more
Dig Diary – Sunday, August 19, 2018
Day Thirty-Five
Sunshine brings crowds flocking to final Open Day
Over 1,100 visitors flocked to the Ness today to view the site and special events laid on for the final… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 16, 2018
Day Thirty-Four
Second macehead of the season
We’ll break all the rules of diary writing and start with a couple of apologies.
If this diary is a little late in… Read more
Day Thirty-Three in pictures…
Rain brought work to a halt again today. But here’s a few pictures.… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Day Thirty-Three
The luck of the Irish!
Well, it had to happen.
After the best summer excavation weather that any of us can remember (in this country at least) the… Read more
The Ness in the news…
Some links to recent news stories and articles:
Elisabeth Holder – Working Away
British Archaeology Magazine – the printed magazine features a review of Woody Musgrove’s new book, Ness of… Read more
Day Thirty-Two in pictures…
A shorter than usual selection of activity around the site today – due to everyone being busy but also the fact that rain brought proceedings to an early close. As… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Day Thirty-Two
High hopes realised
Yesterday’s diary explained the normal phenomenon whereby the end of the excavation season leads to a feeling that nothing much is likely to happen.
It… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 13, 2018
Day Thirty-One
Surprise start to penultimate week
We are now in our penultimate week of excavation at the Ness and, as is usual so close to the end of the… Read more
