Diary Extra – Day Fifteen in pictures
A selection of photographs from day 15. Click on any image for a larger version.… Read more
Monthly Archive: July 2023
Dig Diary – Farewells, finds, frustrations and revelations
Day Fifteen
Friday, July 21, 2023
Here we are at the end of week three!
It has been one of those Friday’s tinged with sadness because we have… Read more
Dig Diary – More evidence to suggest the ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’ stood tall
Day Fourteen
Thursday, July 20, 2023
It’s been an incredibly busy day on site, so tonight’s diary is shorter than usual. Not because there’s any less to report, but… Read more
Diary Extra – A busy day in all the trenches
A few pictures from around the site today, including some of the lovely finds (and finds team!).Click on any image for a larger version.… Read more
Dig Diary – Haematite, pumice and we’re back in the ‘corner of loveliness’
Long-term diary readers will recall the fabled “corner of loveliness” - the annexe outside Structure Twelve's eastern entrance. Read more
Diary Extra – Photographs of Trench T and Structure One from above
A selection of Professor Scott Pike’s drone photographs from yesterday and today.Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Dig Diary – Predecessor’s pier a surprise discovery in Structure Ten
Travis, Johanna and Nick J. excavating around the newly discovered stone pier in Structure Twenty. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day TwelveTuesday, July 18, 2023Structure Ten – or more correctly Structure Twenty –… Read more
Diary Extra – 3d model of drain between Structures One and Nineteen
This small model shows part of a Neolithic drain, visible after the paving stones that covered it were lifted.
The drain runs in the space between Structures One and Nineteen… Read more
Dig Diary – New arrivals add to an already ‘buzzing’ atmosphere
A new week and another new batch of diggers – including the 2023 batch of students from Willamette University, Oregon, USA. Read more
Diary Extra – In and around Structure Twenty-Seven
Before excavation resumes in Structure Twenty-Seven tomorrow, Sigurd took the chance to get some pictures of this stunning – but enigmatic – building.Click on any of the images for a… Read more
Diary Extra – Structure Ten’s holed megalith and excavation pics
More pictures of the “reassembled” holed standing stone outside Structure Ten, and a few images from across the site today.
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Dig Diary – Eighteen’s entrance discovered as specialists gather on site
Some of the Ness project specialists outside Structure Ten this afternoon. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Day TenFriday, July 14, 2023Week two ended on an exciting note, with a site visit from… Read more
Dig Diary – The Odin Stone’s little brother outside Structure Twenty-Six?
Today’s star find – a holed-orthostat incorporated into paving outside Structure Twenty-Six’s eastern end. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day NineThursday, July 13, 2023Structure Twenty-Six has done it again!This later, not-very-well-built structure sits… Read more
