The Ness in 3d

Structure Eight

Explore Trench P at the end of the 2024 season with new 3d model

The first in a series of new 3d models from Paul Durdin …
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Quoyness chambered cairn, Sanday

We’re back out and about today with a look at the Maeshowe-type Quoyness chambered cairn in Sanday, Orkney …
Trench Z Featured

3d model of Trench Z and its 4.5-metre-wide wall section

A 3d model from supervisor Paul Durdin showing Trench Z in all its glory …
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Diary extra – 3d model of Structure Five’s round-bottomed pot

Paul Durdin’s in-situ model of the round-bottomed, ceramic vessel found in Structure Five’s northern extension on Monday …
A close-up of one of the entrance slab's incised marks. (📷 Tom O'Brien)

Diary extra – 3d model of Structure Twenty-Seven’s decorated orthostat

A new 3d model from Paul Durdin showing the decorated orthostat that formed part of Structure Twenty-Seven’s entrance …
Structure Five hearth and channel.

Diary extra – 3d model of Structure Five’s hearth and underlying channel

Trench J supervisor Paul’s 3d model of the hearth/channel in Structure Five …
(📷 Sigurd Towrie)

Diary extra – 3d model of Trench Z

A new 3d model of Trench Z, showing the remains of Structure Two, from Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin …
Structure Five hearth

Diary extra – 3d model of Structure Five’s hearth

Mission accomplished! Despite the problems photographing in bright sunshine today, Paul has produced a fine 3d model of Structure Five’s hearth …

The Dwarfie Stane – ‘one of the wonders of the Orkney Islands’

The first of a two-part article looking at the Dwarfie Stane in Hoy – said to be Britain’s only example of a rock-cut prehistoric tomb …
Taversoe Tuick, Rousay.

The discovery of the Taversoe Tuick – a ‘most remarkable’ Neolithic cairn

The first in a series of articles looking at the two-storey Taversoe Tuick chambered cairn in Rousay …