Video: The dead of winter – Maeshowe and the solstice
Today, Saturday, December 21, is the winter solstice – a day inextricably linked to Maeshowe in Stenness …
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 …
Video: Orkney set to say goodbye to the Ness of Brodgar
A marvellous, and touching, video from Orkney.com, outlining the Ness as we approach the end of the project’s excavation phase …
Diary extra – drone orbit of Trench P
Video footage from Professor Scott Pike showing Trench P in all its glory …
Diary extra – work under way in Structure Twenty-Seven
Professor Scott Pike’s drone footage from yesterday showing work under way in Structure Twenty-Seven …
Dig Diary – halted by rain again but only after some intriguing discoveries
The weather turned foul again today, but fortunately we did manage a full morning’s excavation – with some interesting discoveries …
Structure Twenty-Seven reconstruction
A video of a preliminary 3D reconstruction of Structure Twenty-Seven, created by Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin, is now available on the building’s page …
Video: 2024 Current Archaeology Award announcements
Two videos, courtesy of Sarah Baker, of the award announcements at yesterday’s 2024 Current Archaeology Awards in London …
‘We want to understand the people of the past’ – a video flashback to the summer of 2016
A flashback to 2016 with a beautiful short film produced by Evan Cobb and Aaron Phillips during their time at the Ness of Brodgar …
Video: A visit to Maeshowe 60 years ago
Another from the BBC Archive, again featuring Cathal O’Shannon but this time visiting the Maeshowe chambered cairn in Stenness …
