Ness of Brodgar: as it stands - Nick Card 

Thank you. I didn’t know anything about Neolithic times in Orkney before your talk. It was fascinating.

Truly fascinating to see what my ancestors got up to thousands of years ago. My family name is Pope

In early pictures of the dig buildings we're portrayed with crab claw frontages designed to self ventilation, venturi theory for adding small amounts of a liquid to a much larger amount. The vacuum created by the prevailing wind blowing across the open gap sucks the air out of the building. I see this site as a location of an experimental project to find the right direction to self ventilation for a forge.

I clicked 'Like' because it is always good to see a presentation from a genuine expert talking about the latest thinking. But surely, in this day and age, you can do better than 720p definition and achieve at least 1080p? If not better. The slides, pictures etc would be far better to see in higher definition

The skills to process the stones, for building and for “art works” did not suddenly appear at the start of the development of the Ness. There must be other, earlier sites where such skills are exampled. Those with these skill have come from other places to aid the initial building, and their family or other “interns “ learning and developing/innovating these skills to continue the sites development.

Scotland was home of earliest man that must have moved from the Middle East - this is when the world was in its infancy

Is it thought that the structures were abandoned and allowed to collapse undisturbed, rather than be robbed out and the stone re-used?

There a massive lost civilisation in the Uk 🇬🇧 grab some stones leave them peal , and read the story 😊