Second open day added to 2024 excavation season
In a change to previous plans, we will be hosting two open days this summer - Sunday, July 14, and Sunday, August 4 - on site and at the Stenness school. Read more
Category: Excavation
Thursday throwback: excavation under way in Trench P in 2015
We've got a blast from the past this evening after recovering a forgotten (and assumed lost) cache of video footage from a defunct hard drive. Read more
2004 excavation report available to download
Earlier this year we posted the 2003 DSR and today the 2004 report is available to download. Read more
Scotland Outdoors at the Ness of Brodgar – podcast available now
One of the thousands of visitors this summer was Rachel Stewart, who was recording for the Scotland Outdoors podcast - released today. Read more
2024 dig dates set – the final season of excavation at the Ness
August 2023: Excavation in Trench T. (📷 Doug Plummer)The dates for next year’s excavation – the final season of fieldwork at the Ness – have been set.Provided our fundraising plans… Read more
Drone photos from across the site
A superb selection of drone photos from Structure Eight team member Tom O’Brien.Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Diary Extra – The cover-up begins…
The work to start covering over the trenches for the winter got under way this morning and although we didn’t manage to complete all the structures, we made a great… Read more
Dig Diary – That’s it over for another year. See you in 2024!
That’s all folks – the 2022 excavation season at the Ness of Brodgar is now officially over. Read more
Dig Diary – Another deposit of wood, this time around Structure Twenty
Nick J. excavating around the timber deposit to the north of Structure Twenty’s exposed pier. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day Thirty-TwoTuesday, August 15, 2023Kristina excavating the pit inside Structure Eight’s northern entrance.… Read more
Diary Extra – 3d model of pillowstone fragment and a complete example
Paul Durdin’s latest 3d model – the rhodochrosite pillowstone fragment from Structure Thirty today.Two other rhodochrosite pillowstones have been found on site – both in Structure Eight in 2011 and… Read more
Dig Diary – A flint knife, pillowstone fragment and successful operation to recover timber
Ceiridwen and the beautiful flint knife she found this afternoon. (📷 Ceiridwen Blakely) Day Thirty-OneMonday, August 14, 2023Where does the time go!Here we are in the final week of the 2023… Read more
Dig Diary – Thwarted by rain but a few nice pottery discoveries
Seeking shelter from the deluge in the supervisors’ hut. (📷 Sigurd Towrie)Day ThirtyFriday, August 11, 2023Louise with the sherd of what may be very early pottery she found in Structure… Read more
Dig Diary – Drones, bones and the latest on our Neolithic wooden plank
The Ness team gather for a group picture. (📷 Scott Pike)Day Twenty-NineThursday, August 10, 2023Today was photography day, so it began with yet more cleaning – sprucing up the last… Read more
