Ness Of Brodgar Archaeological Dig Completed - Read The Blog

30th August 2013

A dig on the Ness of Brodgar has recently finished and you can can still read all about it on the blog at - http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/nessofbrodgar/

A large Neolithic complex on the Brodgar peninsula lies on the low ridge between the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar.

In 2003 a large notched stone was ploughed up and a rescue excavation was undertaken, under the Human Remains Call-Off Contract, as the stone was thought to be from a cist. The trench revealed part of a large structure similar to Structure 2 at nearby Barnhouse Neolithic Village. This finding initiated a resistivity survey to try to define the extent of the built archaeology and complement the initial gradiometer survey.

See Orkneyjar.com for a comprehensive up to date listing of finds and theories including the upcoming excavations on the Neolithic site on Ness of Brodgar, in Stenness. In 2013 the dig ran from July 15, 2013, until August 23.

For many archeological items take look at http://www.megalithic.co.uk/

For some earlier Caithness Archeaology projects go to - http://www.caithness.org/history/archaeology/