Examination of a fourth fingerprint found on pottery sherds from the Ness of Brodgar suggests it was left by an adult male.The analysis by Professor Kent Fowler, the director of… Read more
Just when you think it’s all over, we have one last find to share with you – a delicately incised stone from Trench J.
We’ve been hard at work… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-Three
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Ah well, the inevitable has happened and this is our last day of excavation at the wonderful Ness of Brodgar.
… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-Two
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
How time flies.
The end of the season is nigh and if you’ve yet to visit the site, tomorrow… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-One
Monday, August 9, 2021
Well, readers, this is the beginning of the last week of the excavation campaign for this year.
We have… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Thirty
Friday, August 6, 2021
It’s been a quiet sort of day at The Ness, with the only real noise and disturbance coming from… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Twenty-Nine
Thursday, August 5, 2021
So here we are rapidly approaching the end of our penultimate week of excavation.
Knowing the end… Read more
Successfully turned – one of the pottery sherds recovered from outside Structure Twelve’s blocked north-western entrance earlier in the season. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Dig Diary – Day Twenty-EightWednesday, August 4, 2021Today… Read more
Do you have a couple of hours (or more) to spare on Thursday, August 12, or Friday, August 13?
Yes, it’s that time of year again when we call for… Read more
A video of Jo recovering the first of two Neolithic timber samples from the interior of Structure Twelve today. Apologies for the sound quality – the Orcadian wind is… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Twenty-Seven
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Imagine the situation.
At your feet are probably the only two examples of Neolithic timber inside a… Read more
Dig Diary – Day Twenty-Six
Monday, August 2, 2021
We have a very special offer today, not, we are sad to say, for diary readers, or even for visitors… Read more