Monthly Archive: August 2023

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Dig Diary – Drones, bones and the latest on our Neolithic wooden plank

The Ness team gather for a group picture. (📷 Scott Pike)Day Twenty-NineThursday, August 10, 2023Today was photography day, so it began with yet more cleaning – sprucing up the last… Read more

Excavation

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Diary Extra – Cleaning continues…

A few images from the marathon cleaning session ahead of today’s photography session.Click on any image for larger versions.… Read more

3D Model / Excavation

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Diary Extra – 3d model of Trench T’s timber plank

Another new model from Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin.Organic materials do not survive well in the acidic soil conditions at the Ness of Brodgar, so the regular appearance of very… Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Dig Diary – Timber plank hailed our ‘most exciting find’ to date

Today, it was all hands on deck as the great, site-wide clean-up operation continued in earnest. Read more

3D Model / Excavation

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Diary Extra – 3d model of Structure Twenty’s wall face and pier

A new photogrammetric model from Paul Durdin showing a section of the exposed walls and pier of Structure Twenty, the confirmed building lying beneath Structure Ten.Structure Ten, with the rough… Read more

Excavation

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Dig Diary – Another ‘Brodgar Butterfly’ emerges from rubble pit

The incised ‘Brodgar Butterfly’ motif found by Ceiridwen today. (📷 Tom O’Brien)Day Twenty-SevenTuesday, August 8, 2023As we suspected it might, more incised, decorated stone has been popping up today, after… Read more

Excavation / Video

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Diary Extra – Structure Twenty-Seven flyover video

A short video from Professor Scott Pike, showing Trench T and Structure Twenty-Seven.… Read more

Excavation

Monday, August 7, 2023

Dig Diary – Prehistoric timber fragments continue to appear in Structure Twenty-Seven.

Day Twenty-Six Monday, August 7, 2023 Week six dawned bright and sunny. What an absolutely gorgeous day to welcome a few new diggers on site! And it… Read more

Exhibition

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Only a few days left to catch exhibition of Ness artwork in Stromness

A reminder that there’s only a few days left to see artist-in-residence Jeanne Rose‘s exhibition of Ness artwork in Stromness. Over the Edge: Paint and Brush Between Trowel and Stone… Read more

Art Hut

Saturday, August 5, 2023

From the Art Hut – ‘Marks of Reverence’

I’m Diane Eagles an art psychotherapist and artist. I’m now in my final year of the online MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology course at the UHI Archaeology Institute, which… Read more

Excavation

Friday, August 4, 2023

Dig Diary – Welcome return of Time Team member who discovered the Ness complex

Excavation under way in Structure Twenty-Seven’s south-western end. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day Twenty-FiveFriday, August 4, 2023John Gater – of Time Team fame – back on site, 21 years after his geophysical… Read more

Excavation

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Dig Diary – Wooden fragments recovered from two Ness structures

Two of the timber fragments under the microscope. (📷 Jen Miller)Day Twenty-FourThursday, August 3, 2023Regular readers will know that the preservation of organic material at the Ness is very poor.… Read more

Excavation / Post-excavation

Thursday, August 3, 2023

The F-word revisited

An update on project funding from Ness project officer Anne Mitchell. Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Dig Diary – Structure Thirty-Nine is no more but Twenty is getting bigger

Today’s decorated stone – found by Tristan in Structure One. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day Twenty-ThreeWednesday, August 2, 2023Just a few days after it was given a name, Structure Thirty-Nine is no… Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Diary Extra – Drone shots of Structures Ten and Twenty-Seven

A selection of photographs from today’s drone sessions.Structure Ten. (📷 Scott Pike) Structure Ten. (📷 Scott Pike) Structure Ten. (📷 Scott Pike) Interior of Ten, with Twenty bottom left. (📷… Read more