Monthly Archive: July 2019
In a week that saw Structure Eight produce numerous examples of decorated stone, we also received a number of photographs of Ness artefacts that have undergone conservation work by experts…
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013, was a special day in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavations.
That was the day our only example of a carved stone ball was…
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A link to the BBC article on this week’s finds from Structure Eight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-49030379…
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Day Fourteen
Revelations and cloud dodging
Oh what would we give for a day of uninterrupted excavation!
Thursday dawned bright and reasonably clear and as the morning wore on the…
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Perhaps not as grand as the examples earlier this week, but another decorated stone slab was found in Structure Eight today.
The incised decoration is essentially the same “classic” banded…
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Rain brought excavation to a halt early today. But here’s a selection of pictures. Click on a thumbnail for a larger version.
Photographs by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.…
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Day Thirteen
Raising the threshold stone
This is the day that all true aficionados of Structure Ten have longed for.
Over the years the massive threshold stone in the very…
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Decorated Stone Removed from Structure Eight/Seventeen on July 15, 2019…
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After yesterday’s discovery, we thought it couldn’t get any better.
Then today, as the weary excavators began making their way home, the Structure Eight team emerged from the building clutching…
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Day Twelve
A definite air of anticipation…
Another day of splendid weather (mostly) saw great progress made all across the Ness today.
And after yesterday’s discovery of the incised stone…
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Drone aerial footage of the Ness of Brodgar excavation site today from Professor Scott Pike of Willamette University, Oregon, USA.…
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Structure Eight – or more correctly an earlier building lying beneath it – produced another stunning example of Neolithic decorate stone today.
The stone, pictured above, was spotted by Lorna…
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Day Eleven
Glorious sunshine greets new arrivals
Today is sunny, hot and one of those exceedingly rare Orkney days when the wind has decided to go elsewhere.
It has been…
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