Trench P at the Ness of Brodgar excavation site showing the huge Neolithic structures raised between 3100BC and 2900BC. Image credit: Hugo Anderson-Whymark
Ness of Brodgar Excavation Site to Close After 2024 Season
New Exhibition: The Ness & Its People
Open from 11th of July is a new exhibition at the Maeshowe Visitor Centre revealing the finds and the story from the Ness of Brodgar excavation nearby in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney
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.
The Ness Needs Your Help!
Our annual clear-up is scheduled for tomorrow – Sunday, June 26, and generally involves giving everything a good tidy up before the diggers return on July 4.
Every Single Penny
“I have what I refer to as my funny money box – old money”
Sphere
“I search the shore for the perfect shape” -Jeanne Bouza Rose
But What Were They For?
“The first photo I ever took at the Ness was of this piece of pottery, discovered at the dig in 2009…..”
Ding Dong The Shop Is Back!
“Which shop’s that? The Ness shop”
From Orkney To London
“I was hoping that someone from Orkney would go to see the British Museum exhibition which includes items from the Ness of Brodgar dig, and that that person would write about it – and it’s happened! “
The Ness At The British Museum.
“I am mildly obsessed with the Ness of Brodgar”
