Lego fans young and old have a chance to put their skills to the test next month in a project to build the Ness of Brodgar structures entirely from Lego bricks!
A look at 'Skaill knives' - a very common Neolithic stone tool - their use and fabrication.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/focus-on-fin...
Back in 2024, Time Team filmed the final full season of excavation at the Ness — and we’re delighted to announce that the resulting 75‑minute Time Team Special will have its world premiere in Orkney on July 3.
Stonehenge's connections likely go even further than this, however. Check out an #AntiquityDebate from 2024, which explores Neolithic connections across the whole of Britain and Ireland 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
‘Sherd Nerds’ back for a second season of pottery triage project
After the resounding success of the 2025 season, our nine-week pottery triage project got under way this week, with volunteers continuing to work through the Ness’ massive ceramics assemblage.
This week we take a look at (Mount) Maesry - a suspected Maeshowe-type chambered cairn on a small tidal island off the north-eastern tip of #Sanday.
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic #ChamberedCairn #ChamberedTomb
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/maesry-sanday/
As part of their Stenness Past Present & Future project, pupils in the upper primary class at the Stenness school held a debate with the motion "Should a new visitor centre be built in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site buffer zone?"
Plans announced for a four-week targeted excavation at the Ness in 2026 to investigate Time Team ground-penetrating radar results.
#archaeology #timeteamofficial #TimeTeam #Neolithic #Orkney #NessOfBrodgar
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/dig-2026/
Nick, and Anne will be discussing all thing Ness of Brodgar in the Maeshowe visitor centre tomorrow, Thursday, September 11, as part of the first Orkney #Archaeology Festival.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/oaf-2025/
A link to a new article on the Ness in the New Yorker magazine and a review of Peter Ross' "Upon a White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland"
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/new-yorker-2...
Lego fans young and old have a chance to put their skills to the test next month in a project to build the Ness of Brodgar structures entirely from Lego bricks!
Recent research has considered the relationship between Stonehenge and sites in south-west Wales, raising questions about whether the first monument at Stonehenge copied the form of an earlier stone circle at Waun Mawn and how the relationship between these sites was connected with the transport of bluestones between the different regions. But Stonehenge and Waun Mawn are not the only prehistoric sites in Britain and Ireland that share architectural elements and hint at social connections across vast distances of land and sea. This debate article explains how the questions raised about these Late Neolithic monuments can and should be applied to other monumental complexes to explore this insular phenomenon.
As part of their Stenness Past Present & Future project, pupils in the upper primary class at the Stenness school held a debate with the motion "Should a new visitor centre be built in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site buffer zone?"
Plans announced for a four-week targeted excavation in 2026 following Time Team ground-penetrating radar results.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
Nick, and Anne will be discussing all thing Ness of Brodgar in the Maeshowe visitor centre tomorrow, as part of the first Orkney Archaeology Festival.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
After the resounding success of the 2025 season, our nine-week pottery triage project got under way this week, with volunteers continuing to work through the Ness’ massive ceramics assemblage.
Maesry is a suspected Maeshowe-type chambered cairn on Start Point – a small tidal island off the north-eastern tip of Sanday.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
A link to a new article on the Ness in the New Yorker magazine and a review of Peter Ross’ “Upon a White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland”
