Category: News

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Double delight for Ness of Brodgar at 2024 Current Archaeology Awards

Three Orkney awards! Ness collects Archaeologist of the Year and Research Project of the Year titles at Current Archaeology Awards, and Swandro, Rousay, named Rescue Project of the Year. Read more

Stonehenge. (Shitha Valsan, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.)

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Friday, December 29, 2023

Link: Call for archaeologists to unite in Stonehenge debate

Over a thousand archaeologists have signed an open letter urging the sector to unite and take its "rightful lead" in the Stonehenge tunnel debate. Read more

News

Monday, December 11, 2023

From the Ness to Westminster – ‘The Britannias: An Island Quest’

For three weeks in 2017 author Alice Albinia worked on site. Her book has now been published. Read more

News

Friday, December 1, 2023

Ness in the running for two Current Archaeology Awards

We’re delighted to announce that the Ness of Brodgar is in the running for two titles at the 2024 Current Archaeology Awards. Read more

News

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Donation from artwork sales give Ness funds a welcome £2k boost

Ness funds received a welcome boost today, with a £2,000 donation from one of our artists in residence, Jeanne Rose. Read more

News

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Woolly open day regulars are the focus of a new book

Jane Cooper first brought some of her Boreray sheep to a Ness of Brodgar Open Day in 2019. She has now written a book on the breed. Read more

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The archaeology around the Ness and further afield…

A housekeeping update, bringing all our articles on the sites around the Ness, and beyond, together into easier to navigate indexes: Archaeology around the Ness Archaeology further afield… Read more

News

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Time Team geophysicist hails Ness discovery the highlight of his career

Geophysicist John Gater describes the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar as "the main highlight of his career" in the new edition of Time Team's monthly online news. Read more

August 2023. Excavation in Trench T. ( Doug Plummer)

Excavation / News

Sunday, August 27, 2023

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

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Trench P 3d model in Sketchfab’s top ten

We were delighted to hear today that Paul Durdin’s 3d model of Trench P – created in August 2023 – is in Sketchfab’s top ten this week. If you’ve not… Read more

News

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Link: ‘Two last summers at the Ness of Brodgar’

The end of fieldwork at the Ness in 2024 and plans for the future are the subject of a new blog post from NorthLink Ferries. Magnus Dixon interviewed Nick and… Read more

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

New and updated interpretation boards available to download

Our 2023 excavation season kicks off in less than a fortnight and when we return to site there will be a plethora of new and updated information panels for visitors.… Read more

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Annual pre-dig lecture recorded for OAS website

A sure sign that the return to site is not far away is dig director Nick Card’s annual talk in Kirkwall. The Orkney Archaeology Society lecture – Structure Twelve: The… Read more

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Friday, June 9, 2023

Explore the archaeology of the Ness as part of 2023 Orkney Science Festival

Site director Nick Card will lead an off-season walk around the Ness of Brodgar excavation site in September as part of the 2023 Orkney International Science Festival. The festival… Read more

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