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
Category: News
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
Article link: The Orkney farmer who dug the world-famous Ness of Brodgar – 80 years before anyone else
A link to The Scotsman’s article on Peter Leith: https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/the-orkney-farmer-who-dug-the-world-famous-ness-of-brodgar-80-years-before-anyone-else-1-4951519
See also: 1925 ‘Brodgar stone’ was a taste of things to come… Read more
First bottle of Ness whisky raises £300 for dig funds
The first bottle of the limited-edition Ness of Brodgar’s Legacy whisky was auctioned at tonight’s pre-dig lecture and raised £300 for excavation funds.
Bidding, which started at £100, was brisk… Read more
Ness spatulas in the research spotlight…
The spatulate stone tools found at the Ness over the past few years are the subject of a new research project this summer.
Archaeology Institute UHI undergraduate Gary Lloyd… Read more
