Archive for June, 2011

About the Ness of Brodgar

Excavation Diary

Diary Archives

Where on Earth is the Ness of Brodgar?

Plan of structures on site

Meet the “Brodgar Boy”

What the diggers face on site…

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Current Conditions

3D Panoramas by Ken Stuart

• Interior of Cuween Cairn
• Ness of Brodgar Aerial View 2010
• Ness of Brodgar Structure Ten 2010

Archaeology Links

• Orkney Archaeology Society
• Orkney College
• Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA)
• The Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Historic Scotland)

Orkneyjar Links

• Archaeology on the Ness of Brodgar
• Barnhouse Neolithic Settlement
• Maeshowe
• Orkney's World Heritage Site
• Skara Brae
• The Barnhouse Settlement
• The Ness of Brodgar
• The Ring of Bookan
• The Ring of Brodgar
• The Standing Stones of Stenness

Excavation supported by

• British Academy
• Historic Scotland
• LEADER European Fund
• Orkney Archaeology Society
• Orkney College UHI
• Orkney Islands Council
• Royal Archaeological Institute

Related Stories

• Ness of Brodgar in the spotlight at the Orkney Museum April 30, 2012 (6:42pm)
• Updated Ness of Brodgar site plan online March 27, 2012 (8:26pm)
• Eight Orkney projects to benefit from a share of OIC’s £50,000 archaeology fund March 1, 2012 (9:44pm)
• Another award for the Ness of Brodgar excavations February 29, 2012 (1:28pm)
• Ness of Brodgar Excavation Dates 2012 February 1, 2012 (8:58pm)
• Resurrecting the Neolithic priesthood… January 10, 2012 (3:15pm)
• Anonymous benefactor gifts Ness of Brodgar property to the people of Orkney November 23, 2011 (4:04pm)
• Radiocarbon dates point to a millennium of activity on the Ness of Brodgar October 27, 2011 (11:50am)
• Do survey results show a massive prehistoric monument under the water of the Stenness Loch? October 3, 2011 (1:24pm)
• New finds in ‘cathedral’ building reignite age-old question – Stone Age dresser or altar? September 16, 2011 (10:50am)
• About a (Brodgar) Boy… August 2, 2011 (9:41am)
• Back on the Ness of Brodgar… July 18, 2011 (7:24pm)
• Updated Ness of Brodgar site plan and 3d panoramas online June 19, 2011 (8:19am)
• Ness of Brodgar is Research Project of the Year February 28, 2011 (12:01am)
• Eight research projects share OIC’s £50k archaeology fund February 3, 2011 (9:58am)
• The complex on the Ness of Brodgar — a Neolithic tribal meeting place? August 26, 2010 (6:22pm)
• From Stonehenge to the Ness of Brodgar…or vice versa? August 26, 2010 (12:55pm)
• The Ness of Brodgar – opening a Neolithic treasure chest August 26, 2010 (12:32pm)
• Neolithic goes technicolour as painted walls uncovered on the Ness of Brodgar July 29, 2010 (10:15pm)
• Brodgar ‘cathedral’ in top 15 global discoveries of 2009 December 17, 2009 (9:40pm)