Monthly Archive: July 2023
Professor Jane Downes and Matthew Magee recording the podcast at the Ring of Brodgar. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)The Ring of Brodgar is the subject of the latest episode of the Stone…
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Day Eight
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
It was another wet start today.
Sheets of rain buffeted the site as blankets of grey cloud shrouded the hills surrounding the…
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The outer face of the ‘Great Wall’ emerging from the Trench J extension at the close of play today. Outside the wall (to the right of the picture is rubble…
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Day Six
Monday, July 10, 2023
The start of week two and another batch of diggers gathered on site this morning – a mix of familiar and new faces.
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A selection of drone photographs from Professor Scott Pike. Click on any picture for an enlargement.
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A selection of photographs from Friday, recording elements of some of Trench P’s structures.
For more information on any of the buildings featured, see the Structures section.…
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Day Five
Friday, July 7, 2023
The end of week one already! Where does the time go?
Before we get into today’s events, for fans of…
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Clea and Sarah Jane at work in Structure One this afternoon. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day FourThursday, July 6, 2023What a glorious day.And how good to hear the gentle sounds of trowels…
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Supervisor Paul Durdin’s photogrammetric model of one of the six ‘dresser’ features inside Structure Five.
Within the primary rectangular section of Structure Five we…
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A selection of site photographs from today – hampered somewhat by the bright, contrasty sunshine. Click on any image for an enlargement.…
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Day Three
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
The excavation site opened to the public today and we are delighted to say they turned up in droves.
Over…
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A few photographs from today. Click on any image for an enlargement.…
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Day Two
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
We did it! All the structures, in all three trenches, are uncovered ready for a good spruce up tomorrow ahead of excavation resuming.
This…
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A chain of diggers and volunteers removing the tyres from Trench P. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day OneMonday, July 3, 2023I’m sure we say it every year but this time it seems…
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