2024’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, Excavation2024’s top finds – Structure Twenty-Seven’s north-western cornerAs 2024 ebbs away, we thought it would be good to look back over this year's favourite finds and discoveries ...Read More Saturday, November 2, 2024 / Excavation2007 excavation report now available to downloadTrench P opened over Structure One in 2007. (📷 ORCA) The next in our series of Data Structure Reports (DSRs) ...Read More Monday, October 28, 2024 / Excavation3d model of Trench Z and its 4.5-metre-wide wall sectionThere was much head-scratching at the weekend when it became clear that this model slipped through the diary cracks during ...Read More Monday, October 21, 2024 / 3D Model, ExcavationThe backfilling operation continues, with work in Trench P almost completeThe former Trench P looking south-east towards the Stones of Stenness. (📷 Ben Saunders) Backfilling the trenches began with Trench ...Read More Friday, September 27, 2024 / Excavation2006 excavation report available to downloadTrench J in 2006. (📷 ORCA) The next in our series of Data Structure Reports (DSR) is now available, with ...Read More Wednesday, September 18, 2024 / ExcavationThe boundary walls and revisiting the idea of an enclosed complex2024: Kevin in Trench Z, with the huge wall section visible at the right-hand side. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) In July, ...Read More Monday, September 2, 2024 / ExcavationLochside find for Time Team’s JohnThe ard recovered from the side of the Loch of Stenness. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) John Gater on site. (📷 Sigurd ...Read More Thursday, August 22, 2024 / ExcavationDig Diary – the stunning decorated stone recovered from Structure TwentyTravis working at the end of Structure Twenty's pier. (📷 Jo Bourne) Day Forty-FourTuesday, August 20, 2024 And here you ...Read More Tuesday, August 20, 2024 / ExcavationDiary extra – day forty-four in picturesSome of Jo Bourne's photographs from today. Click on any image for a larger version ...Read More Tuesday, August 20, 2024 / ExcavationDig Diary – that’s all folks (except for two final Ness ‘butterflies’)The end of an era. Jim removes the 'Open to the Public' sign from the gate for the last time ...Read More Friday, August 16, 2024 / ExcavationDiary extra – views from above on the last day of excavationTrench P. (📷 Tom O'Brien) A selection of drone images from Tom O'Brien showing the trenches and structures today. Click ...Read More Friday, August 16, 2024 / Excavation1 2 3 … 69 ›