Day Thirty-Three in pictures…
Rain brought work to a halt again today. But here’s a few pictures.… Read more
Category: Excavation
Dig Diary – Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Day Thirty-Three
The luck of the Irish!
Well, it had to happen.
After the best summer excavation weather that any of us can remember (in this country at least) the… Read more
Day Thirty-Two in pictures…
A shorter than usual selection of activity around the site today – due to everyone being busy but also the fact that rain brought proceedings to an early close. As… Read more
Dig Diary – Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Day Thirty-Two
High hopes realised
Yesterday’s diary explained the normal phenomenon whereby the end of the excavation season leads to a feeling that nothing much is likely to happen.
It… Read more
Dig Diary – Monday, August 13, 2018
Day Thirty-One
Surprise start to penultimate week
We are now in our penultimate week of excavation at the Ness and, as is usual so close to the end of the… Read more
Day Thirty in pictures…
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Dig Diary – Friday, August 10, 2018
Day Thirty
An international affair…
One of the factors which makes studying archaeology with the University of the Highlands and Islands in Orkney such an enjoyable affair is the presence… Read more
Day Twenty-Nine in pictures…
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Dig Diary – Thursday, August 9, 2018
Day Twenty-Nine
Joining the dots in ‘bling central’
We haven’t mentioned Structure Eight much lately.
Formerly known as “bling central” because of the extravagance of the artefacts found within it… Read more
