Dig Diary – Sunday, July 21, 2019
Day Fifteen
Definitely a ‘Special Sunday’
Well, dear readers, that has been a truly marvellous day.
Almost 800 visitors attended the first of our “Special Sunday” open days and the… Read more
Category: Excavation
Our first ‘Special Sunday’ from above…
Three drone pictures from Professor Scott Pike of today’s Special Sunday open day.
Click on the images for a larger version.… Read more
Post-conservation – the 2015 incised stone from Structure Eight
In a week that saw Structure Eight produce numerous examples of decorated stone, we also received a number of photographs of Ness artefacts that have undergone conservation work by experts… Read more
Looking back: The carved stone ball from Structure Ten
Wednesday, August 7, 2013, was a special day in the history of the Ness of Brodgar excavations.
That was the day our only example of a carved stone ball was… Read more
Link: ‘Stunning’ decorated Neolithic stone discovered in Orkney
A link to the BBC article on this week’s finds from Structure Eight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-49030379… Read more
Dig Diary – Thursday, July 18, 2019
Day Fourteen
Revelations and cloud dodging
Oh what would we give for a day of uninterrupted excavation!
Thursday dawned bright and reasonably clear and as the morning wore on the… Read more
Decorated stone keeps coming…
Perhaps not as grand as the examples earlier this week, but another decorated stone slab was found in Structure Eight today.
The incised decoration is essentially the same “classic” banded… Read more
Day Thirteen in pictures…
Rain brought excavation to a halt early today. But here’s a selection of pictures. Click on a thumbnail for a larger version.
Photographs by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.… Read more
Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Day Thirteen
Raising the threshold stone
This is the day that all true aficionados of Structure Ten have longed for.
Over the years the massive threshold stone in the very… Read more
Dig Diary Extra – 3D model of yesterday’s decorated stone
Decorated Stone Removed from Structure Eight/Seventeen on July 15, 2019… Read more
STOP PRESS – Structure Eight’s latest decorated stone
After yesterday’s discovery, we thought it couldn’t get any better.
Then today, as the weary excavators began making their way home, the Structure Eight team emerged from the building clutching… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Day Twelve
A definite air of anticipation…
Another day of splendid weather (mostly) saw great progress made all across the Ness today.
And after yesterday’s discovery of the incised stone… Read more
