Structure Eight in three dimensions…
Paul's new 3d model this week is Structure Eight - the longest of the piered structures at the Ness of Brodgar complex and one of a series of contemporary Neolithic buildings raised around 3100BC. Read more
Category: 3D Model
The next best thing to being in the trench – new 3d model of Structure One
Regular readers will know that our photogrammetry guru, Paul Durdin, has been busy creating new 3d models of all the structures on site.His latest allows you to get up… Read more
Trench T gets the full 3d treatment
Last time we brought you a new model of Structure Twenty-Seven, this week it's all of Trench T. Read more
Get up close to Structure Twenty-Seven with our latest 3d model
Arguably the most beautifully built structure on the Ness, our latest 3d model features Structure Twenty-Seven in Trench T.As regular readers will know, the design and construction of Twenty-Seven… Read more
Explore Structure Five and the ‘Great Wall’ with new 3d model of Trench J
Another new 3d model, this time of Trench J and featuring Structure Five and the northern boundary wall – the earliest structures revealed on site.
Trench J was the first… Read more
New 3d model of Trench P and all its structures
Wander virtually around Trench P with the latest 3d model from Trench J supervisor, Paul, created using drone photographs by Professor Scott Pike. Read more
Diary Extra – 3d model of pillowstone fragment and a complete example
Paul Durdin’s latest 3d model – the rhodochrosite pillowstone fragment from Structure Thirty today.Two other rhodochrosite pillowstones have been found on site – both in Structure Eight in 2011 and… Read more
Diary Extra – 3d model of Trench T’s timber plank
Another new model from Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin.Organic materials do not survive well in the acidic soil conditions at the Ness of Brodgar, so the regular appearance of very… Read more
Diary Extra – 3d model of Structure Twenty’s wall face and pier
A new photogrammetric model from Paul Durdin showing a section of the exposed walls and pier of Structure Twenty, the confirmed building lying beneath Structure Ten.Structure Ten, with the rough… Read more
Diary Extra – 3d model shows where three structures meet
Another new model from Paul Durdin, showing the small, but complex, area, beside Structure Twelve’s western, central pier.
Where buildings like Twelve have been built over the top of earlier… Read more
Diary Extra – 3d model of complete Grooved Ware pot
A new 3d model from Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin - this one showing the beautiful, and apparently intact Grooved Ware pot found between Structures Twenty-Nine and One on Thursday afternoon. Read more
Latest 3d model shows all the Great Wall’s newly excavated section
Earlier in the season, Trench J’s supervisor, Paul Durdin, created a 3d model of the outer face of the northern boundary wall – the so-called “Great Wall of Brodgar”.… Read more
Diary Extra – New 3d model of Great Wall of Brodgar’s outer face
A new 3d model of the northern boundary wall by Trench J supervisor Paul Durdin.
The ‘Great Wall of Brodgar’ is a huge construction that spans the Ness of Brodgar.… Read more
Diary Extra – 3d model of drain between Structures One and Nineteen
This small model shows part of a Neolithic drain, visible after the paving stones that covered it were lifted.
The drain runs in the space between Structures One and Nineteen… Read more
3d model of ‘dresser’ remains in Structure Five
Supervisor Paul Durdin’s photogrammetric model of one of the six ‘dresser’ features inside Structure Five.
Within the primary rectangular section of Structure Five we… Read more
Dig Diary Extra – Trench J in 3d
A new annotated 3d model of Trench J, featuring Structure Five and the northern boundary wall.… Read more
