2024 will be the last year of excavations at the Ness of Brodgar site in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
Stunning Stonework: Ness of Brodgar 2023
Last Chance To See The Ness of Brodgar
By Bernie Bell Mike and I went for a walk round the Ring of Brodgar on Monday. We parked at the Stenness Stones, walked along the path by Harray Loch, looked across […]
Orkney’s Ness of Brodgar Nominated for 2 Awards
The excavations at the Ness of Brodgar are in the running for two titles in the national 2024 Current Archaeology Awards – one of the few times in the awards’ history that […]
On Today Ness of Brodgar Open Day
The Open Day is on from 11am to 4pm, on site and with activities in the Stenness Community Centre
Top Awards for Swandro and Ness of Brodgar Excavations
Overhead shot by Tom Sparrow at the end of the 2019 season, showing the massive Iron Age roundhouse overlying the Neolithic chambered tomb at Swandro. @Swandro Orkney Coastal Archaeology Trust
Ness of Brodgar Excavation Site to Close After 2024 Season
Trench P at the Ness of Brodgar excavation site showing the huge Neolithic structures raised between 3100BC and 2900BC. Image credit: Hugo Anderson-Whymark
Visiting the Ness of Brodgar
The excavation is open to the public on weekdays, from 9.30am-4.30pm till August 17 2022. And there is free parking on the site too.
Limited Time to Purchase Ness Art Sales
For a limited time only art works by Jeanne Bouza Rose can still be purchased online. Painted whilst the excavation was taking place the ‘Over the Edge’ art works provide a unique representation of the dig.
The Ness of Brodgar – This Year’s Dig!!!
” there’s Ness art and objects and jewellery in the on-line shop as potential Christmas pressies?”
Someone Who Could Explain The Ness Of Brodgar!
“I was playing that game where you choose 6 people you would like to have round a table to talk – usually it’s meant to be a dinner party – but I’m not a dinner party sorta person!”
