The last ‘Wednesday wildlife’ before its summer break
We’re back on site next week with the 2022 excavation starting on Monday, July 4.
So here’s our last Wednesday wildlife offering before it takes a summer break. The pictures… Read more
Monthly Archive: June 2022
Back on site in seven days with focus on Structures One, Five, Eight, Ten and Twenty-Seven
In seven days, a full team of archaeologists will be back at the Ness of Brodgar for the first time since 2019.
Work resumes on Monday, July 4, and runs… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – cygnets and swans
More photographs from around the Ness of Brodgar from site director Nick Card. All images were taken with a large telephoto lens so as not to disturb the wildlife.… Read more
Summer exhibition puts spotlight on the people of the Ness
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve got an extra event running over the 2022 dig season – a six-week exhibition in Stenness village.
Entitled The Ness: Its people, the exhibition… Read more
Link: Explore Vinquoy chambered cairn with new 3d model
3d model of the Vinquoy chambered cairn, Eday, Orkney.New 3d models of chambered cairns now available to explore as part of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s Tombs of the Isles project.… Read more
Structure Eight: Bearing fruit
An update on Sarah-Jane Haston's research into the charred plant remains from Structure Eight. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – singing and swimming
This week’s photographic selection from Ness of Brodgar dig director Nick Card. All images were taken with a large telephoto lens so as not to disturb the wildlife.… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – bathed in sunshine
This week’s photographic selection from the lens of Ness of Brodgar site director Nick Card.
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Link: A full summer of excavation in Orkney
The Ness of Brodgar is just one of the excavations resuming in Orkney this summer.
For more details see Orkney.com’s latest post.… Read more
Wednesday wildlife – ‘what big eyes you’ve got!’
Wednesday again, so here is this week’s photographic offering from site director Nick Card, showcasing some of the wildlife around the Ness of Brodgar.
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