The first week of the 2024 UHI Archaeology Institute fieldschool at the Ness of Brodgar drew to a close on Friday. And what a difference a week makes!
The archaeology students are excavating in Trench Z, which was opened to look again at a stalled building, Structure Two, which, based on the visible architecture and stratigraphy is early and pre-dates the later piered buildings in Trench P (e.g. Structures One, Eight, Twelve and Fourteen).
The goal is to expose more of Structure Two, reach its occupation deposits and hopefully get dates to see whether it is contemporary with Structure Five, the earliest excavated building on site (c. 3300BC).
