2024’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 pair of decorated stonesCeiridwen 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 / Artefacts, ExcavationSponsor 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 / ArtefactsFocus on finds: Arran pitchstone"Like the axeheads and maceheads made on rocks from similar source areas, the pitchstone tells us that Neolithic Orcadians were ...Read More Friday, September 13, 2024 / Artefacts, Focus on FindsFocus on finds: Structure Ten’s sea eagle foundation deposit“Sea eagles constitute the example of a bird par excellence, being the largest bird in Neolithic Orkney and the bird ...Read More Monday, November 20, 2023 / 3D Model, Artefacts, Focus on FindsDiary Extra – 3d model of pillowstone fragment and a complete examplePaul Durdin's latest 3d model - the rhodochrosite pillowstone fragment from Structure Thirty today. Two other rhodochrosite pillowstones have been ...Read More Monday, August 14, 2023 / 3D Model, Artefacts, ExcavationA selection of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest on display in Orkney MuseumOne of the exhibition display panels. (Sigurd Towrie) The Orkney Museum is playing host to some of the Ness of ...Read More Monday, May 15, 2023 / Artefacts, ExhibitionFocus on finds: small clay ballsThree of the Ness of Brodgar's small clay balls. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) There have been many puzzling finds over the ...Read More Friday, February 24, 2023 / Artefacts, Focus on Finds1 2 3 … 7 ›