The Cairns dig diary – day twenty
Dig director sums up a successful 2023 excavation season
Category: Excavation
Back to Skaill farm for three-week excavation
A team from the UHI Archaeology Institute team is back at the multi-period settlement site at Skaill farm, Rousay, today for a three-week excavation.
The Cairns dig diary – day nineteen
Work under way to re-cover the archaeology
The Cairns dig diary – day eighteen
Wrapping up on the final day of digging.
The Cairns dig diary – day seventeen
Red deer remains confirmed outside the broch.
The Cairns dig diary – day sixteen
Great work on site today before rain halted play…
Archaeologists returning to the Ness of Brodgar for penultimate dig season
The penultimate season of excavation at the Ness of Brodgar gets under way tomorrow, with the site open to the public from Wednesday.
The Cairns dig diary – day fifteen
Placing the ‘Elder assemblage’ in its contemporary context and setting