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Category: Ness of Brodgar

(📷 Sigurd Towrie)
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

UHI Students reveal more of the ‘Great Wall’ at Ness of Brodgar fieldschool

Our two-week fieldschool at the Ness of Brodgar came to an end yesterday, with the students achieving, admirably, what site director Nick Card tasked them to do – open a trench extension and expose another section of the “Great Wall of Brodgar”.

by Sigurd TowrieSaturday, July 22, 2023 (2:42pm)Tuesday, August 22, 2023 (10:13am)
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Visitors at Ness of Brodgar (Jim Richardson)
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

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.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, July 2, 2023 (10:30am)Sunday, July 2, 2023 (10:30am)
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The Cairns broch from above. (Bobby Friel)
Excavation Ness of Brodgar Skaill Farmstead Swartigill The Cairns

Excavation at The Cairns gets this summer’s dig season under way

Our 2023 dig season kicks off today, with a full team returning to The Cairns Iron Age site.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, June 12, 2023 (7:30am)Monday, June 12, 2023 (11:58am)
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Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Visit the Orkney Museum to see some of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest finds

The Orkney Museum is playing host to some of the Ness of Brodgar’s finest artefacts this summer.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, May 16, 2023 (8:00am)Monday, May 15, 2023 (1:29pm)
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Hugo Anderson-Whymark
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation

Digging at Ness of Brodgar ending in 2024 with focus shifting to intensive post-excavation work

The final season of excavation at the Ness of Brodgar will take place in 2024, after which the remains of the 5,000-year-old Neolithic complex will be covered over and backfilled.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, March 6, 2023 (11:00am)Monday, March 6, 2023 (11:04am)
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Visitors at Ness of Brodgar (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation Postgraduate Research

Link: Investigating the function and significance of multi-hollowed cobbles in the Orcadian Neolithic

In a new blog post for the Ness of Brodgar, UHI Archaeology Institute MRes student Gary Lloyd introduces his new research project looking into multi-hollowed cobbles in the Orcadian Neolithic.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 13, 2023 (1:07pm)Monday, February 13, 2023 (1:12pm)
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Maeshowe interior. (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Links: ‘Orkney – Centre of the Stone Age’ and ‘The Art of Neolithic Orkney’ podcasts

A new podcast from History Hit, looking at Orkney’s Neolithic remains, including Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae and a section on the Ness of Brodgar, featuring Nick Card and Roy Towers.

by Sigurd TowrieSunday, January 15, 2023 (11:02am)Monday, January 16, 2023 (1:40pm)
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Trench P at the Ness of Brodgar. (Hugo Anderson Whymark)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Link: The Ness of Brodgar – marking 20 years of Neolithic discoveries

In the summer of 2022, Current Archaeology‘s Carly Hilts visited the Ness of Brodgar excavation to see progress on the site and hear the latest thinking on the Neolithic complex.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, January 3, 2023 (4:10pm)Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (4:10pm)
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Visitors at Ness of Brodgar (Jim Richardson)
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation Research Zooarchaeology

New paper: Life and death of sheep and deer at the Ness of Brodgar

Professor Ingrid Mainland and Nick Card are among the authors of a new paper on the faunal remains from the Ness of Brodgar.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, November 21, 2022 (8:00am)Monday, November 21, 2022 (3:46pm)
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Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Ness of Brodgar dig dates for 2023 set

Archaeologists will be back at the Ness of Brodgar between Monday, July 3, 2023 until Friday, August 19, 2023.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, November 15, 2022 (12:17pm)Tuesday, November 15, 2022 (12:18pm)
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