2024’s top finds – incised stone slab from Structure TwentyThe Structure Twenty incised stone showing the bands of decoration. (📷 Travis Lowe) Our final season of fieldwork saw a ...Read More Tuesday, December 31, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – worked boneWorked bone point - one of three found in Structure Thirty-Four in 2024. (📷 Anne Mitchell) As we've explained before, ...Read More Sunday, December 29, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – the decorated clay cylinder from Structure TwentyThe cleaned, flat end section of the Structure Twenty clay object, showing the delicate decoration. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) After 20 ...Read More Tuesday, December 24, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – child’s tooth from a stone box in Structure Thirty-FourThe worn, deciduous molar from Structure Thirty-Four. (📷 Jo Bourne) Another of the season's most surprising finds – a child’s ...Read More Monday, December 23, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – another two of Ceiridwen’s decorated stonesOne of Ceiridwen’s decorated stones from Structure Seventeen. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Earlier this month, I did Ceiridwen a disservice by ...Read More Sunday, December 22, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – the stone axe that once rivalled our finestThe polished stone axe from Structure Fourteen. (📷 ORCA) The stunning polished stone axehead found in Structure Fourteen in 2014 ...Read More Wednesday, December 18, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – Ceiridwen’s decorated stone pairCeiridwen with her decorated stone. (📷 Jo Bourne) To find one example of incised stone decoration at the Ness was ...Read More Friday, December 13, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – the ‘butterfly’ stone from Twelve’s eastern annexeThe two incised ‘butterflies’ from Structure Twelve's eastern annexe slab. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Behind this artefact is a long story, ...Read More Saturday, December 7, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – ‘stamped’ pottery sherd from Structure FortyThe stamped pottery sherd in the finds hut. (📷 Anne Mitchell) August began with a day of remarkable finds, one ...Read More Friday, November 29, 2024 / Artefacts, Ceramics2024’s top finds – Skara Brae-type stone dish from Trench TThe stone vessel from Trench T. (📷 Tom O’Brien) At the beginning of the 2024 season, all eyes were on ...Read More Friday, November 22, 2024 / Artefacts2024’s top finds – the dog in the drain"Others talked of absent kin and of the winter that lay ahead, breaking off to kick at the dogs when ...Read More Friday, November 15, 2024 / ArtefactsSponsor a Square newsletter added to archiveSupervisor Jim Rylatt in Structure Twelve. (📷 Jo Bourne) Last weekend saw our 2024 Sponsor a Square newsletter send out ...Read More Friday, October 25, 2024 / Artefacts1 2 3 … 7 ›