Old News From The Ring of Brodgar….. BROCHTOBERFEST ‘23 - plus Remembrance of Brochtobers Past....
by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 12 November 2023
Old News From The Ring of Brodgar…
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2023/11/11/ring-brodgar-2008/
My tuppenceworth – this piece of text & photos previously appeared in an article by me in ‘The Orkney News’ ….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/03/14/more-than-just-a-ditch/
“Much work has been done on working out where the different sections of the stones of the Ring of Brodgar came from…. http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brodgar/building.htm , which indicates that they were brought from various sites in Orkney, probably to enable the groups of people living in those areas to feel involved and included in the importance of the site and of the raising of the Ring.
Excavations have shown that the different sections of the ditch also appear to have been cut by different groups – some are better worked than others! So the ditch, as well as the Stones, can provide valuable insight into how society was organized in Neolithic Orkney, and therefore is worthy of respect, too.
And this got me remembering some years ago when an excavation was made of a section of the ditch around the Ring of Brodgar which helped to clarify something of how the ditch was actually dug out – excavating an excavation.
When the excavation was happening we went along to see and I took some photos. The actual structure of the ditch isn’t something that folk get a chance to see very often, so I thought I’d present our photos – just as being of interest to those who are interested in the Ring of Brodgar and its stages of development.”
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BROCHTOBERFEST ‘23 - plus Remembrance of Brochtobers Past....
All four talks from this year’s Broctoberfest are available to watch for free on the Orkney Archaeology Society’s YouTube playlist Broctoberfest.
If you enjoyed these and would like to donate to the Society then you can do that here
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Here’s one I made earlier…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/04/23/contradictions-part-4/
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