An absence of antler and the riddle of the red deer – part one
Red deer deposition at the Ness of Brodgar and beyond... Read more
Monthly Archive: January 2022
Wednesday wildlife – brief encounter
This week’s photographs from site director Nick Card, focusing on one of his neighbours encountered on Sunday by the shore of the Harray loch.
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Sandfiold: cremation, tomb and cist
Like the many Neolithic chambered cairns throughout Orkney, the Sandfiold cist was clearly meant to be, and was, re-used. Few Orcadian cairns have been found to contain human remains, strongly suggesting that they were not the final destination for all the Neolithic dead. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – the calm between the storms
This week’s selection of pictures taken by site director Nick during lulls in the blustery weather.… Read more
Sandfiold: an ‘exceptional’ burial cist in use for almost two millennia
In 1989, a vehicle broke through the top of a rock-cut chamber that contained a rectangular, box-like structure. Read more
The passing of a great archaeologist
Sorely missed: The late Caroline Wickham-Jones.With great shock and numbing sadness we learned today that archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones has passed away.Caroline, a great supporter of the Ness and Orkney’s archaeology… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – making the most of the winter sun
This week’s photographs from site director Nick Card.
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Braving the elements to pack artefacts on loan to Stonehenge exhibition
By Anne Mitchell
Yesterday morning, Thursday, January 6, was bitterly cold here at the Ness, with snow on the Hoy hills, a gusty Force Eight blowing across the site… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – a new year…
It’s been a stormy start to 2022, but fortunately punctuated by a few calmer spells.
During one of these, site director Nick ventured out with his camera to bring us… Read more
