2006 excavation report available to download
The 2006 excavation season's data structure report is now available to download. Read more
Yearly Archive: 2024
Focus on finds: Arran pitchstone
Arran pitchstone has only been found at two Neolithic sites in Orkney – the Ness of Brodgar complex and the Barnhouse settlement, some 460 metres to the south-east. Read more
Jo’s new book captures a lifelong passion for flint in print
Ness stalwart Jo Bourne's book on flint is published next week. Read more
Structure Twenty’s page updated and Forty added
Two updates today, with Structure Forty, which lies beneath Structure One, added to its page and Structure Twenty - one of Ten's predecessors - updated and expanded. Read more
New guide to British and Irish stone circles out next week
The stone circles of Britain and Ireland are the subject of a new book from Professors Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings. Read more
Stonehenge Altar Stone was ‘not sourced from Mainland Orkney’ says new research
After the media furore following research proposing a Scottish origin, a new paper is clear that Stonehenge’s Altar Stone did not come from Mainland Orkney. Read more
The boundary walls and revisiting the idea of an enclosed complex
In light of the discovery of a 4.5-metre-wide wall section in Trench Z, we’ve updated the page detailing the boundary walls and added a section on the “new” wall beneath Structure Two. Read more
Special guest draws winning petrosphere ticket during Ness visit
The winner of our fundraising 2024 prize draw for a bronze petrosphere was drawn this week by Professor Alice Roberts. Read more
Structure Twenty-Six gets the website updates under way
The end of the excavation season means there's no shortage of things to update across the website - so we begin today with Structure Twenty-Six. Read more
Lochside find for Time Team’s John
We’ve had a few finds from the loch sides - polished stone axes and pottery - but the latest emerged last Friday. Found by none other that Time Team’s John Gater. Read more
Video: ‘The Ness of Brodgar: a Neolithic wonder in the Orkney Islands’
A video from Kieran Dodds, who visited the site at the start of the 2024 season. Read more
Dig Diary – the stunning decorated stone recovered from Structure Twenty
As we finish excavation, there's another incised stone with bands of decoration incised on both sides. Read more
Dig Diary – that’s all folks (except for two final Ness ‘butterflies’)
The end of an erea – the 2024 excavation season at the Ness of Brodgar is now over and with it our fieldwork phase. Read more
