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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ness of BrodgarCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Stromness
Map Ref: HY3024312941
Latitude: 58.997862N Longitude: 3.21584W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Andy B visited on 2nd Aug 2013 OK this site wasn't actually in the Ancient History of Britain programme but I wanted a link to all our sites in Orkney as Neil visited to look at the Orkney vole.
mgts24 visited on 1st Aug 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 I am working there as an archaeology student.
jeffrep visited on 15th Aug 2007 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5
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. The dig usually runs during July and August.
Visit their Official Web Site for more information or read their earlier dig diaries at https://web.archive.org/web/20161103223338/http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/nessofbrodgar (archive link)
Note: The penultimate season of excavation at the Ness of Brodgar gets under way, with open days from 5th July to 18th August, more on our page
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