Video – From the trenches
A shorter than usual offering today – things got rather busy, once the rain had cleared.… Read more
Monthly Archive: August 2018
Day Twenty-Six in pictures…
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Dig Diary – Monday, August 6, 2018
Day Twenty-Six
Two new structures named
Orkney weather never plays fair.
It can lure you into a warm, relaxed fuzzy-type of feeling, then swiftly biff you in the back of… Read more
Day Twenty-Five in pictures…
Better late than never. Click on any image for a larger version.
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How the Ness is helping inspire a new generation of archaeologists
The dig this year is being closely followed from all the way down in Adelaide, South Australia.
Scotch College is a co-educational independent school with strong Scottish foundations established in… Read more
Dig Diary – Friday, August 3, 2018
Day Twenty-Five
Axe find raises rain-dampened spirits
Today started eerily quiet.
A flat calm descended on the lochs which flank us and, across the waters, drifted the ghostly wails of… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, August 2, 2018
Day Twenty-Four
Structure Eight bling, site finds and a cry for help…
One of the abiding difficulties of writing diaries day after day is to seize the attention of you,… Read more
Day Twenty-Three in pictures…
Evening all. As usual, click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Day Twenty-Three
The trials and tribulations of Trench Y
There can be no doubt that Trench Y has been something of a trial.
The search for the enclosing wall on… Read more
