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Category: Ness of Brodgar

Ness of Brodgar
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Seminar

Video: Connections across Britain and Ireland during the age of Stonehenge

Nick Card, of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute and director of the Ness of Brodgar excavation, was a speaker in a British Museum talk last week on links between Neolithic Orkney and the rest of Britain and Ireland.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, April 12, 2022 (7:17am)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:08am)
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Picture: Antonia Thomas
Bronze Age Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Intensely moved by the human stories at launch of ‘World of Stonehenge’

Dr Antonia Thomas was in London last week and attended the official launch of the World of Stonehenge at the British Museum.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, February 21, 2022 (4:05pm)Monday, May 2, 2022 (11:11am)
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Picture: Antonia Thomas
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Ness of Brodgar artefacts in British Museum’s ‘World of Stonehenge’ exhibition

Artefacts from the Ness of Brodgar – one of the UHI Archaeology Institute’s flagship excavations – are among the hundreds brought together for a special exhibition on Stonehenge at the British Museum.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, February 17, 2022 (10:56am)Thursday, February 17, 2022 (10:56am)
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Trench P at the Ness of Brodgar. (Hugo Anderson Whymark)
Excavation Neolithic Ness of Brodgar

Ness of Brodgar 2022 dig dates confirmed

Excavation at the Ness of Brodgar will resume on Monday, July 4, 2022, running until Friday, August 19, 2022.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, November 30, 2021 (4:46pm)Wednesday, December 1, 2021 (7:17pm)
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An image of the latest Ness of Brodgar fingerprints captured using Reflectance Transformation Imaging. (Jan Blatchford)
Archaeology Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Research

Latest prehistoric fingerprints on Ness of Brodgar pottery sherd belonged to 13-year-old boy

The latest prehistoric fingerprints found on fragments of pottery from the Ness of Brodgar belonged to a 13-year-old boy.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, October 25, 2021 (8:30am)Monday, October 25, 2021 (8:18am)
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Bone deposit from the Ness of Brodgar
LIFTE Ness of Brodgar Postgraduate Research

Only days left to apply for our part-funded MRes studentships

There’s only a few days left to apply if you’re interested in applying for one of the three part-funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentships at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, October 15, 2021 (12:41pm)Friday, October 15, 2021 (4:43pm)
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LIFTE Ness of Brodgar Postgraduate Research

Three part-funded MRes places available at UHI Archaeology Institute

The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute has three part-funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentships available – two for the LIFTE project and one relating to the Ness of Brodgar.

by Sigurd TowrieTuesday, September 14, 2021 (8:30am)Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (8:36am)
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Multi-cupmarked stone from Structure Ten.
Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Seminar

‘The Ness in Rock and Stone’ – Orkney International Science Festival talk premieres on Sunday

The 31st Orkney Science Festival kicks off today and among the events on offer are talks on the ongoing excavations at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, September 2, 2021 (7:30am)Wednesday, September 1, 2021 (9:36am)
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The updates continue – Structure Five, the ‘Great Wall’ and others…

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Video: Passage Grave Art in Orkney’s North Isles

Orkney Museum’s exhibition of Ness artefacts extended until December

Orkney Museum’s exhibition of Ness artefacts extended until December
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