Ness dig helps earn Orkney a place on Best UK Places to visit list
Next year’s excavation at the Ness of Brodgar is among the attractions that have earned Orkney a place on the “15 best places to visit in the UK in 2023”.… Read more
Monthly Archive: November 2022
The Stonehall settlement – part one
Lying in the shadow of the Cuween chambered cairn, the Stonehall settlement lies a few miles to the west of Crossiecrown, Wideford Hill and Smerquoy. Read more
Structure Twenty-Seven – updated and expanded
This summer we returned to Trench T for the first time since 2019.
There, the focus was on Structure Twenty-Seven, a large building that had been badly robbed of stone… Read more
New paper: Life and death of sheep and deer at the Ness of Brodgar
A new paper on the faunal remains from the Ness of Brodgar is available now. Read more
The Smerquoy Neolithic settlement
Five years after the Wideford Hill settlement excavations, fieldwalking along the hill’s south-western base recovered tantalising evidence a second Neolithic settlement on low ground beneath the nearby chambered cairn. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – early morning expedition
This week’s pictures from around the lochs by site director Nick Card.… Read more
Howe, Stromness – a hub of Neolithic and Iron Age activity
Ahead of planned agricultural improvements, the prehistoric site at Howe was excavated from 1978 until 1982 – an operation that revealed a complex series of occupation episodes spanning the Neolithic to Iron Age. Read more
Wednesday widlife – running, bathing, sitting and surfing
This week’s selection of wildlife photographs from around the Ness of Brodgar by site director Nick Card.
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Wideford Hill settlement – the first evidence of Neolithic timber structures
The Wideford Hill settlement, in use from c3600-2900BC, lies at the north-western foot of the hill, south-west of Crossiecrown and east of the Stonehall settlement. Its discovery and excavation in 2002-2003 revealed a missing chapter from the biography of Neolithic Orkney – timber houses. Read more
Wednesday wildlife – lochside activity
A new selection of photographs from site director Nick Card.… Read more
The Ring of Bookan
A mile or so north west of the Ring of Brodger, the ditched enclosure known as the Ring of Bookan comprises a flat-bottomed ditch surrounding an oval, raised platform. Read more
