The Brodgar Stone

The Brodgar Stone in Christopher Gee's interpretation in colour.
The original Brodgar Stone. Photo from Nessofbrodgar blog, courtesy of Orkney Library Photographic Archive. The Brodgar Stone in Christopher Gee's interpretation in colour. Over the past few weeks I have been creating my own version of the Brodgar Stone as a present for friends. The original Brodgar Stone was found in 1925 at the Ness [...]Read more of The Brodgar Stone...

Ness of Brodgar open day

A busy day with lots of fun for Chris at his stone tools table. Ness of Brodgar Open Day, 20 August 2017.
It was a buzzing day at the Ness of Brodgar today. The second and last Open Day of the season, before the site closes down next week. Although the Ness is of course open for visitors every day during the excavation period, with tours (some of them given by our Chris), the Open Days are [...]Read more of Ness of Brodgar open day...

New: Chocolate carved stone ball

original carved stone ball from the Ness of Brodgar

Here is a new product I have just started making: A dark chocolate Carved Stone Ball. A carved stone ball is a stone age artefact type found in Scotland. This chocolate version is the exact shape and size of the one found at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney, in 2013. It has six bosses, arranged […]

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Did you watch BBC2 Britain’s Ancient Capital, Secrets of Orkney?

Chris Gee archaeologist and sculptor.

I’m sure many of you watched BBC2 tonight, Britain’s Ancient Capital, Secrets of Orkney, with Neil Oliver. Did you spot Christopher Gee? He had so much fun last summer, filming with the BBC here in our garden, showing how to make a mace similar to the one found at the Ness of Brodgar. If you […]

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A delightful open day at the Ness of Brodgar

We had a huge response today at the Ness of Brodgar open day. There was a very big turnout, both of archaeology staff and artists and craftspeople, and of visitors. Christopher and our ten-year-old were busy all afternoon with the bow drill and the hematite colouring, to show how the beautiful stone artefacts from the […]

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Brodgar Chocolate launches on 6th July 2016

We are really excited that our launch date is getting near! Our chocolate replicas of archaeological finds from the Ness of Brodgar will be for sale in the Ness of Brodgar site shop from the 6th of July, when the 2016 excavation opens to the public. We are proud of our two chocolate products: A […]

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