Orkneyjar Archaeology News - Ness of Brodgar Excavation 2007

Archive Stories

2008
	Sea level results lead to radical rethink over World Heritage Site landscape - A radically different picture of the prehistoric landscape around Orkney’s World Heritage Site is beginning to emerge – a landscape which perhaps didn’t feature the Stenness and Harray lochs. (April 21, 2008)
	Salt Knowe - Orkney's Silbury Hill? - A combination of modern research and antiquarian “excavation” looks like confirming that a massive mound to the west of the Ring of Brodgar was not a chambered cairn. (April 10, 2008)
2007
	Stone wall hints at Neolithic spiritual barrier - A massive prehistoric wall, which may once have separated the realms of the dead and the living, has been unearthed on the Ness o' Brodgar in Stenness. (August 16, 2007)

2006
	Brodgar car park work disrupted by discovery of prehistoric enclosure - Work on a new car park near the Ring of Brodgar was halted last week following the discovery of a segment of prehistoric wall on the site - a section of masonry that could once have formed part of a huge walled enclosure between the Stenness and Harray lochs. (September 25, 2006)
	Enigmatic Brodgar structure produces another example of Neolithic art - As another season’s work draws to a close, the Stenness side of the Ness of Brodgar continues to throw up archaeological surprises – including two pieces of iconic Neolithic art. (August 29, 2006)
2004
	Exploratory dig confirms existence of Brodgar Neolithic village - Centuries-old conceptions about the Ness o' Brodgar - the thin strip of land between the Harray and Stenness lochs - look set to be turned on their heads following a series of exploratory excavations on the south-west of the ness. (June 16, 2004)
	Ongoing geophysics project continues to reveal secrets of Brodgar - the latest set of geophysics scans on the Ness of Brodgar continues to shed light the stone circle and the landscape around it. (February 19, 2004)
2003
	New questions raised by geophysics surveys of Brodgar peninsula (October 24, 2003)
	Brief glimpse of Brodgar structures (April 9, 2003)