Ness to take centre stage in new Neolithic animated movie
The Ness of Brodgar looks set to take play a major role in a new animated feature film set in Neolithic Orkney.
Lugi: the Brodgar Boy is the brainchild of… Read more
Monthly Archive: May 2020
Brodgar wildlife on Wednesday
Wednesday is upon us yet again, so we’ve got another selection of wildlife photographs from Ness dig director Nick Card.
As usual, click on any image for a larger version.… Read more
The Watchstone
One of Orkney's most imposing standing stones, the Watchstone dominates the south-eastern end of the Brig o’ Brodgar – the place where the Harray and Stenness lochs meet. Read more
Evolution of an excavation – the Ness dig year by year
At the time of writing, it is just over 17 years since the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar complex and 2020 will be the first time since 2003 that… Read more
Archive views – around the trenches in 2007
A cache of long-lost photographs from 2007, showing Trench J, (which was re-opened and extended in 2018), Trench M (opened to examine the extent of the “Great Wall of Brodgar“)… Read more
Wednesday’s wildlife from the Ness
It’s Wednesday again, so we have a selection of the past week’s images from dig director Nick Card. It’s a smaller gallery this week due to the atrocious weather we’ve… Read more
Ness flanked by lochs in prehistory? Surveys suggest otherwise
The Ness of Brodgar sits at the centre of a massive natural "cauldron" formed by the hills of the surrounding landscape. Today, it is accentuated on either side by the freshwater Loch of Harray and the saltwater Loch of Stenness - but that was not always the case. Read more
Pictures from the Past – The Stones of Stenness
Following our appeal for old photographs of the Ness and its environs, Pat Long sent us these early postcards showing the Stones of Stenness. Thanks Pat.
If you’ve been… Read more
Birds around Brodgar
Another selection of photographs from dig director Nick Card.
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Trench P from a cherry picker – August 2010
These days when we need a picture of the site from above, Professor Scott Pike sends up his drone.
Back in 2010, “aerial” photographs relied on photographic towers or, in… Read more
Solved! The perplexing puzzle of the Stones of Stenness ‘building’
The Standing Stones of Stenness (1906).There’s nothing like finally getting to the bottom of an irksome puzzle. In this case, the puzzle related to an old photograph of the Stones… Read more
Wildlife around the Ness – Week Three
More of the residents around the Ness of Brodgar from the camera of dig director Nick Card. Click on any photograph for a larger version.… Read more
Roadwork in 2013 revealed structure beyond the ‘Great Wall’
A section of the six-metre-long section of walling uncovered during work to insert a passing place opposite the site entrance in 2013. (📷 ORCA)The location of the 2013 trench in… Read more
Post-excavation: refining the stratigraphical matrix
Each year the structure supervisors document, in great detail, how each context layer relates to others - adding to the “stratigraphic matrix” for their area. Read more
Visitor information boards available to download
Each excavation season we have a series of information boards placed across the site for the benefit of the thousands of visitors we welcome each year.
Unfortunately, this year we… Read more
