From the Art Hut – In it for the long haul part 2
By Karen WallisIn my 2020 blog post, I reviewed my artist’s residency since it began in 2016. So here is an update on progress and my plans for future work.The… Read more
Monthly Archive: August 2023
Dig Diary – Thwarted by rain but a few nice pottery discoveries
Seeking shelter from the deluge in the supervisors’ hut. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day ThirtyFriday, August 11, 2023Louise with the sherd of what may be very early pottery she found in Structure… Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Diary Extra – Structure Twenty-Seven flyover video
A short video from Professor Scott Pike, showing Trench T and Structure Twenty-Seven.… Read more
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
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
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
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
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
