Monthly Archive: September 2020
The arrival of autumn in Orkney has brought with it a surprisingly pleasant spell of weather. But despite the clement conditions, the wildlife around the Ness is beginning to quieten…
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Just outside Stenness village, and opposite the Standing Stones Hotel, is a large oval mound. The tumulus was given scheduled monument status in 2002 and assigned the name “Little Barnhouse”.
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The Ness of Brodgar archeological site revealed multi-hollowed cobble tools, an unglamorous but significant link to everyday life there.
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It’s Wednesday again, so time for some more photographs from around the Ness by site director Nick Card.
A reminder that Nick’s pics now feature, along with National Geographic photographer…
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On low ground 140 metres (153 yards) east of the Ring of Brodgar is the monolith now commonly known as the Comet Stone.
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Excavations revealed the use of coloured pigments in pottery and walls, specifically using haematite for red hues.
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By Jeanne Bouza Rose
For me, the mystery of the Ness is the story of what the people were doing there.
During all the years I worked at the dig…
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The final article in a series from our resident geologist Dr Martha Johnson.
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This week’s selection of photographs from the camera of dig director Nick Card.…
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The last part of our series is rooted in ceramics research but leads down a twisting, and surprising path. We travel from the Bronze Age to Victorian times, meeting along the way an archaeological villain, a naval tragedy, a world-beating iron bridge and a careful and underrated antiquarian.
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In this talk for the 2020 Orkney Science Festival, Professor Mark Edmonds considers some of the stone artefacts from the Ness – including our carved stone ball – their…
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In this talk for the 2020 Orkney Science Festival, site director Nick Card outlines the scientific techniques involved in excavation and post-excavation work and is joined by two colleagues…
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The second in a series of articles from our resident geologist Dr Martha Johnson.
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A few more photographs of the wild residents of the Ness from the camera of dig director Nick Card.…
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