Category: Excavation

Monday, July 15, 2019

STOP PRESS – Decorated stone recovered from interior of Structure Eight

Structure Eight – or more correctly an earlier building lying beneath it – produced another stunning example of Neolithic decorate stone today. The stone, pictured above, was spotted by Lorna… Read more

The backbreaking work of de-turfing under way at the extension of Trench X. (Sigurd Towrie)

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Monday, July 15, 2019

Video – Day Eleven: Around the Trenches

Excavation

Monday, July 15, 2019

Dig Diary – Monday, July 15, 2019

Day Eleven Glorious sunshine greets new arrivals Today is sunny, hot and one of those exceedingly rare Orkney days when the wind has decided to go elsewhere. It has been… Read more

Excavation

Saturday, July 13, 2019

Day Ten in pictures…

Better late than never. A selection of pictures from yesterday’s activities on site. Click on a thumbnail for a larger version. Photographs by Jo Bourne, Emily O’Farrell and Sigurd Towrie.… Read more

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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Dig Diary Extra – A passage between buildings?

Work this week suggested there might be a passageway aligned with the original eastern entrance to Structure Twelve (an entrance that stayed in use throughout the life of the building… Read more

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Friday, July 12, 2019

Day Ten from above (part two)…

More aerial shots from this evening, courtesy of site director Nick Card. Click on the images for larger versions.… Read more

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Friday, July 12, 2019

Dig Diary – Friday, July 12, 2019

Day Ten Back in the trenches Yesterday, in a nutshell, was a day of hard labour, brought about by the foul weather conditions. Today, on the other hand, it was… Read more

Excavation

Friday, July 12, 2019

Day Ten from above…

In a rare occurence the weather cleared this evening. Here are three drone photographs from above, courtesy of dig director Nick. Click on the images for larger versions.… Read more

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

(A wet) Day Nine in pictures…

Click on a thumbnail for a larger version of the picture. Photographs by Jo Bourne and Sigurd Towrie.… Read more

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

Dig Diary – Thursday, July 11, 2019

Day Nine Extensions, extensions… Today started wet and miserable and there were serious doubts as to whether any excavation would be possible at all. Thankfully the threatened thunderstorms etc. held… Read more

Excavation

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Dig Diary – Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Day Eight Entrances and passageways Archaeology is in full flow today, only slightly hindered by the hot and sticky weather which seems to have dumped copious amounts of rain on… Read more