Archive for July, 2012

Day Twelve With the growing importance of the Ness as an archaeological site of international significance has come the inevitable international media attention. In lots of ways this is very…

Day Eleven So, here we are at the beginning of week three at the Ness with a new intake of diggers. Among them, we are delighted to welcome the eminent…

Day Ten The end of week two and it is hard to believe that one-third of the digging season on the Ness is over already. For some of the diggers…

Day Nine   Today at the Ness started bright and sunny, but with a distinctly nervy feeling in the air. The reason lay quietly in the trench, just outside Structure…

Day Eight On many archaeological sites, each day can bring a different pace of activity and excitement, and today is definitely a step-change from yesterday. For a start, the weather…

Day Seven   Welcome once more to everyone out there in the archaeosphere from a very sunny and hot Ness of Brodgar. There were some groans of anticipation early in…

Day Six   And so into week two and fortunately, after the deluge yesterday, the sun is once again shining on the Ness. It was quite a baptism of fire…

Day Five It’s the end of week one and all seems well in the world of the Ness – and what a first week (site director Nick is looking very…

Day Four     The weather in Orkney can be variable to say the least! Nick the director swears that the only place he has ever suffered heat stroke was…

Day Three A low and behold the sun has finally shone on the Ness – not that we are really complaining about the weather over the last two days, but…

Day Two Day two at the Ness has started and the hearts of the team are on a high as the last of the sandbags have been removed and we…

Day One — Back on site again Welcome again to the Ness of Brodgar excavations. Another year has flown by and, once again all, the behind the scenes work has…