Dig Diary – Haematite, pumice and we’re back in the ‘corner of loveliness’
Long-term diary readers will recall the fabled “corner of loveliness” - the annexe outside Structure Twelve's eastern entrance. Read more
Category: Excavation
Diary Extra – Photographs of Trench T and Structure One from above
A selection of Professor Scott Pike’s drone photographs from yesterday and today.Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Dig Diary – Predecessor’s pier a surprise discovery in Structure Ten
Travis, Johanna and Nick J. excavating around the newly discovered stone pier in Structure Twenty. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day TwelveTuesday, July 18, 2023Structure Ten – or more correctly Structure Twenty –… Read more
Dig Diary – New arrivals add to an already ‘buzzing’ atmosphere
A new week and another new batch of diggers – including the 2023 batch of students from Willamette University, Oregon, USA. Read more
Diary Extra – Structure Ten’s holed megalith and excavation pics
More pictures of the “reassembled” holed standing stone outside Structure Ten, and a few images from across the site today.
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Dig Diary – Eighteen’s entrance discovered as specialists gather on site
Some of the Ness project specialists outside Structure Ten this afternoon. (📷 Sigurd Towrie) Day TenFriday, July 14, 2023Week two ended on an exciting note, with a site visit from… Read more
Dig Diary – The Odin Stone’s little brother outside Structure Twenty-Six?
Today’s star find – a holed-orthostat incorporated into paving outside Structure Twenty-Six’s eastern end. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day NineThursday, July 13, 2023Structure Twenty-Six has done it again!This later, not-very-well-built structure sits… Read more
Dig Diary – A special cattle bone deposit, more post-holes and a turf roof?
Day Eight
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
It was another wet start today.
Sheets of rain buffeted the site as blankets of grey cloud shrouded the hills surrounding the… Read more
Dig Diary – rain, post-holes and more of the ‘Great Wall’
The outer face of the ‘Great Wall’ emerging from the Trench J extension at the close of play today. Outside the wall (to the right of the picture is rubble… Read more
Dig Diary – The ‘Great Wall’ emerges from Trench J’s new extension
Day Six
Monday, July 10, 2023
The start of week two and another batch of diggers gathered on site this morning – a mix of familiar and new faces.
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Diary Extra – Viewing the site from above
A selection of drone photographs from Professor Scott Pike. Click on any picture for an enlargement.
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Diary Extra – Around Trench P
A selection of photographs from Friday, recording elements of some of Trench P’s structures.
For more information on any of the buildings featured, see the Structures section.… Read more
Dig Diary – ‘Dressers’, DNA and earlier buildings
Day Five
Friday, July 7, 2023
The end of week one already! Where does the time go?
Before we get into today’s events, for fans of… Read more
