'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site [View all]
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Scott Pike
The Ness of Brodgar lies on a narrow strip of land between two Orkney lochs
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology led to an "extraordinary discovery".
The dig team at the Ness, one of the most important Neolithic sites in the British Isles, are not revealing what they believe the find to be until more work is done. But they say it is like nothing else ever found at the site – and may not even be Neolithic.
The Ness of Brodgar – a strip of land between two lochs - was the scene of 20 years of excavations until work officially ended in 2024.
Hugo Anderson Whymark
The buildings previously unearthed date back as far as 3,500BC, with "Structure 12" built about 3,100BC
The digs uncovered 40 structures making up a cluster of buildings which showed it was a significant settlement in prehistoric Orkney. However, a further phase of work using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) was carried out this summer - producing three-dimensional images of the whole site for the first time.
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