The diggers at the end of the 2012 season of excavations. (Picture: Adam Stanford/www.aerial-cam.co.uk)
Excavations on the Neolithic site on Ness of Brodgar, in Stenness, will resume on July 15, 2013, running until August 23.
During this time, the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) dig will be open to the public, with daily guided tours, from July 17 until August 21.