Dig Diary – The covers are off. And back on again
Day Two
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
We completed the herculean task of removing the protective covers from Trenches P and T today – only to put some of them back… Read more
Category: Excavation
Dig Diary – Back in business with a full team!
Day One
Monday, July 4, 2022
The Ness of Brodgar has come alive once more.
After the long, frustrating months of Covid and the truncated excavation of 2021, we are… Read more
Back on site in seven days with focus on Structures One, Five, Eight, Ten and Twenty-Seven
In seven days, a full team of archaeologists will be back at the Ness of Brodgar for the first time since 2019.
Work resumes on Monday, July 4, and runs… Read more
Link: A full summer of excavation in Orkney
The Ness of Brodgar is just one of the excavations resuming in Orkney this summer.
For more details see Orkney.com’s latest post.… Read more
Orkney Archaeology Society’s 2022 review now available
A summary of last season’s excavation is among the Ness-related articles featured in the new 2022 Orkney Archaeology Society annual review. Read more
Talking rubbish – midden at the Ness of Brodgar
Until the early years of the 21st century, the huge, whalebacked mound at the south-eastern tip of the Ness of Brodgar was thought to be a natural feature.
Now, 18… Read more
Between two walls – updated information on the Ness boundaries
Everyone who has visited the site during excavation season will have heard about the “Great Wall of Brodgar” and its southern counterpart “The Lesser Wall”.
Our understanding of their role… Read more
Link: ‘Ness artefacts take centre stage in London’
A new Orkney.com article, by Dave Flanagan, on the Ness’ involvement in the World of Stonehenge exhibition at the British Museum in London.
Click here to view.… Read more
Structure Five revelations during reduced-scale 2021 excavation
2021
The 2021 excavation – the first since 2019, due to the pandemic – was on a much-reduced scale to previous seasons, with only Structure 10 and 12 in Trench… Read more
The final find of the season…before the cover-up began
Just when you think it’s all over, we have one last find to share with you – a delicately incised stone from Trench J.
We’ve been hard at work all… Read more
That’s excavation done for another year so thank you all
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-Three
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Ah well, the inevitable has happened and this is our last day of excavation at the wonderful Ness of Brodgar.
For… Read more
One day left to visit the Ness before the site closes to the public
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-Two
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
How time flies.
The end of the season is nigh and if you’ve yet to visit the site, tomorrow is the… Read more
Another hammerstone and a site awash with planning frames
Dig Diary – Day Thirty-One
Monday, August 9, 2021
Well, readers, this is the beginning of the last week of the excavation campaign for this year.
We have been so… Read more
