Category: 3D Model

Monday, November 20, 2023

Focus on finds: Structure Ten’s sea eagle foundation deposit

In August 2019 there was great excitement on site following what appeared to be the discovery of a second human arm bone in Structure Ten. Closer examination, however, revealed it to be the wing bone of a sea eagle. Read more

3D Model

Friday, November 10, 2023

Explore the ‘Central Midden Area’ – two more 3d models added to archive

Today we're looking at the 30-metre-square section of Trench P known as the "central midden area". Read more

3D Model / Structures

Friday, November 3, 2023

Two new models: Structure Twelve and its eastern annexe

Paul Durdin's latest annotated 3d model, this time covering Structure Twelve - once one of the finest buildings within the Ness of Brodgar complex. Read more

3D Model / Structures

Monday, October 23, 2023

Structures Fourteen and Sixteen – updated 3d model

From the longest piered building at the start of the month, this time we've got the smallest - Structure Fourteen and its neighbour Structure Sixteen. Read more

3D Model / Structures

Monday, October 16, 2023

New 3d model of Structure Ten

The latest 3d model from Ness supervisor Paul Durdin. This one focuses on Structure Ten, the last major construction in Trench P and built around 2900BC. Read more

3D Model / Structures

Monday, October 9, 2023

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

3D Model / Structures

Monday, October 2, 2023

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

3D Model / Structures

Friday, September 22, 2023

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

3D Model / Structures

Monday, September 11, 2023

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

3D Model / Structures

Monday, September 4, 2023

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

3D Model

Thursday, August 17, 2023

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

3D Model / Artefacts / Excavation

Monday, August 14, 2023

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

3D Model / Excavation

Thursday, August 10, 2023

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

3D Model / Excavation

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

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

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