Coloured pottery at the Ness – new paper published
Over the last few seasons we have discovered many sherds of pottery that exhibit colour. The Ness is one of the very few sites in the UK where this has… Read more
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Ness success acknowledged in Scottish Parliament
The Ness of Brodgar has been congratulated in the Scottish Parliament for its success in the 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Awards.
The motion (detailed below) was tabled by… Read more
Shanghai award for the Ness of Brodgar
The Ness of Brodgar has been selected for a 2019 Shanghai Archaeology Forum Field Discovery Award.
Having heard we had been nominated a few weeks ago, we have just learnt… Read more
Ness nominated for Shanghai Archaeology Forum award
The Ness of Brodgar has been nominated both by Professor Eszter Bánffy of the German Archaeological Institute, and Dr Michael Boyd of the University of Cambridge for the prestigious 2019… Read more
Library talk to launch new book on Neolithic Orkney
Professor Mark Edmonds will launch his new book, Orcadia – Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney, at an open event in the Stromness Library on Monday evening, October 14.… Read more
Orcadia – weaving an evocative picture of Neolithic Orkney
A must buy for anyone interested in the Neolithic of Orkney and its wonderful sites, is the brilliant new book Orcadia – Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney by… Read more
Article link – Summer of finds at the Ness of Brodgar
A link to today’s Current Archaeology’s article on this summer’s excavation: https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/summer-of-finds-at-the-ness-of-brodgar.htm… Read more
A very special visitor to the Ness…
The Ness was very pleased today to welcome a special guest to site – well in fact two – Morph and his creator Peter Lord and his family.
Peter is… Read more
From the Art Hut
This year the Art Hut hosted four artists: Jeanne Bouza Rose, Diane Eagles, Karen Wallis, and Annie Wright.
For the first four weeks of the excavation, Annie Wright took photos… Read more
Farewell Bryn . . . you will be missed by all
We are very sad to announce, after battling a long illness, the passing away of Bryn, the director’s site dog and the real director of the Ness.
He will be missed by us all, and by all… Read more
An aquatic attraction at the Ness
For a few days now this little character has been spotted regularly from the excavation site, swimming around the banks of the Harray loch.
The otter seems to be as… Read more
Neolithic bull putting in appearance at County Show
Just how big were the cattle consumed at the Ness of Brodgar in prehistory?
Drop by the County Show, in Kirkwall, tomorrow, Saturday and you’ll be able to see for… Read more
Links from the Art Hut…
At present we have three artists in residence-on-site.
Here are links to their blogs/websites etc:
Karen Wallis – website
Karen’s blog – featuring her drawings, sketches and paintings created on… Read more
A photographic record of the 2017 dig
A book documenting the 2017 dig at the Ness of Brodgar is now available.Ness of Brodgar: Open to the Public, by Woody Musgrove, is a photographic record of the excavators… 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
