tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post341271528549155713..comments2024-03-15T11:01:51.850+00:00Comments on Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist: Urgent! Important Early Christian Crannog in Fermanagh in danger of destruction - help needed!Robert M Chapplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-38178004036210238172012-07-31T19:35:44.063+01:002012-07-31T19:35:44.063+01:00On the subject of wattle houses, I would like to a...On the subject of wattle houses, I would like to add that double walled wattle houses were found in Waterford city in the 1986-92 excavations. Of the 64 wattle houses, 9 type 1 and 7 type 2 houses had double walls and many were packed with bracken in the interstices.Orla Scullynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-82397276193222176342012-07-25T19:06:41.541+01:002012-07-25T19:06:41.541+01:00Dear Mr Chapple,
I would like to extend my sincere...Dear Mr Chapple,<br />I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to you for all the support that you have given the crew and the site. You gave us a voice when no one else would listen. You were heroic. Hopefully, as a result of this campaign, this type of thing will never happen again.<br />Jenny Breslin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-72010262630445112562012-07-24T19:34:54.028+01:002012-07-24T19:34:54.028+01:00In the interests of centralizing comment on this t...In the interests of centralizing comment on this topic, I am suspending all comment on this blog post. Instead, I direct interested parties to to the "Cherrymount Crannog Crisis" Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/groups/254450291340252/).<br /><br />Thank you all for your interest and support.Robert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-75832094061778702942012-07-21T10:34:42.777+01:002012-07-21T10:34:42.777+01:00Hi all,
In the last two days a wooden bowl, a perf...Hi all,<br />In the last two days a wooden bowl, a perfectly preserved leather shoe and more wattling fences were found. Who knows what else we've lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-81172261744835021682012-07-21T00:02:34.696+01:002012-07-21T00:02:34.696+01:00I have been following this blog with great concern...I have been following this blog with great concern and interest over the last few days. I have also been in direct contact with archaeologists working on the excavation and I am appalled at the manner in which they have been treated. Professional archaeologists expressing their frustration and heart felt concern in a situation when they are perfectly entitled to do so. Yes I am bias, I admit thatJeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-62649656066464354272012-07-20T22:40:35.199+01:002012-07-20T22:40:35.199+01:00Jim
You are correct that I was somewhat hesitant i...Jim<br />You are correct that I was somewhat hesitant in initially publishing your reply. This is not because I feared criticism or conflicting opinions, but that I found your tone throughout as rough, combative, and aggressive. Now that I have read your fuller explanation of what you meant by your 'Perhaps' statement, I see that I did indeed grab the wrong end of the stick. For this I Robert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-81139424357250329002012-07-20T15:48:13.691+01:002012-07-20T15:48:13.691+01:00Mr Chapple,
Thank you for publishing my reply to ...Mr Chapple,<br /><br />Thank you for publishing my reply to your blog. At first I thought you may be hesitant to do so considering my contention for your stance. I am also humbled that you accept, to a certain degree, the two points that I made.<br /><br />With reference to your reply I totally disagree that I am misrepresenting your position. As I have previously alluded, you have written a blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-61103576446776313882012-07-20T15:09:19.128+01:002012-07-20T15:09:19.128+01:00Hi
Have been following your blog with great intere...Hi<br />Have been following your blog with great interest and it is with great sadness that I hear how this employee has been treated. Not only are we loosing our past but creating a future were we all should be worried about.<br />What will they have to say when they dig us up.......Ciarannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-66779413254849026572012-07-20T14:34:30.836+01:002012-07-20T14:34:30.836+01:00Hi there,
Thank you for taking the time to respond...Hi there,<br />Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. I wish that I could compliment you on your name, but you obviously do not feel comfortable with making your identity known.<br />You are perfectly correct. I am not in possession of all possible information in this case. I posted the piece on the blog after becoming concerned by the reports I was hearing about the site from a Robert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-18047671707561773672012-07-20T13:47:12.052+01:002012-07-20T13:47:12.052+01:00Mr Chapple,
Firstly may I commend you on your nam...Mr Chapple,<br /><br />Firstly may I commend you on your name. As an archaeologist you must be well chuffed.<br /><br />I’ll get to the point – you appear to be leading a crusade based on little facts or information. At present you have heard one side of a biased story. I assume you haven’t spoken to NIEA or indeed those in charge of the excavation? <br /><br />You also appear to have little Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-7973990856121339232012-07-20T12:10:30.616+01:002012-07-20T12:10:30.616+01:00Hi Steve,
The original end date was to be today (2...Hi Steve,<br />The original end date was to be today (20th July), but this has been extended to Tuesday (24th July). Roads Service NI released a press statement, a portion of which was read out during the BBC interview yesterday. A number of people have contacted me anonymously, but would not be prepared to speak in public. I have no official contact with Roads Service NI, the contractor, Robert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-29370136722483825272012-07-20T11:59:15.040+01:002012-07-20T11:59:15.040+01:00Thanks Robert - self and others are on Twitter try...Thanks Robert - self and others are on Twitter trying to gain some media traction in the UK. When is the dig scheduled to finish - this weekend? Is there any spokesperson from the dig team prepared to comment in public - or has the site been closed down to public access?<br /><br />You can email me on stevedickinson33@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-64249691654085753462012-07-20T11:49:14.466+01:002012-07-20T11:49:14.466+01:00A member of the site crew who allowed me to see an...A member of the site crew who allowed me to see and distribute photographs of the ongoing excavation has been let go with immediate effect.Robert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-30499092923573299532012-07-20T11:22:34.484+01:002012-07-20T11:22:34.484+01:00Robert - who sacked whom?Robert - who sacked whom?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-43203856646444090612012-07-19T23:19:29.782+01:002012-07-19T23:19:29.782+01:00The updates you have posted are sad news indeed. U...The updates you have posted are sad news indeed. Ultimately this will end up as a very black mark in Irish Archaeology and both the managers of the company involved and the statutory bodies who have failed to protect the site will end up looking very badly for their involvement in this site. I suggest contacting David Connoly at BAJR and getting him involved, and everyone reading this should postStuart Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235927944739091909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-75206176608111115922012-07-19T22:48:49.417+01:002012-07-19T22:48:49.417+01:00Awful news, and a despicable and cowardly act by t...Awful news, and a despicable and cowardly act by the company to fire a member of staff who was trying to ensure that the archaeological site was recorded in a thorough and professional manner.Neil Jackmanhttp://www.abartaaudioguides.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-61318109654037387942012-07-19T22:24:44.479+01:002012-07-19T22:24:44.479+01:00Bob, I can only totally support your additional co...Bob, I can only totally support your additional comments. The act of sacking a working archaeologist suggests that the companies involved are feeling the pressures of being plain wrong. Consider this though. The crannog has been in that location for at least 1200 years or more and is about to be destroyed without adequate recording for the sake of a few weeks. It's beyond all reason .Iestyn Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-49287194792286513242012-07-19T15:30:34.163+01:002012-07-19T15:30:34.163+01:00I don't quite know what an MLA is but I just s...I don't quite know what an MLA is but I just sent an email to the following who, at least according to the internet, seem to ber local MLAs for Enniskillen or thereabout:<br /><br />arlene@arlenefoster.org.uk (for Arlene Foster)<br />fidelma.leonard@btconnect.com (Gerry Mchugh)<br />fstuup@btconnect.com (for Tom Elliott)<br /><br />I'll also send one now to Tommy Gallagher at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-78001327979493023032012-07-19T11:36:30.376+01:002012-07-19T11:36:30.376+01:00Luckily this kind of thing can't happen in the...Luckily this kind of thing can't happen in the south any more as the demolition of national monuments has just been made subject to EIA. See my blog on the subject http://charles-mount.ie/wp/?p=906Charles Mounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13377252869344588447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-76402640219446985652012-07-19T10:11:15.946+01:002012-07-19T10:11:15.946+01:00I have shared this blog on my FB page, and I'l...I have shared this blog on my FB page, and I'll keep it pinned to the top, so as to make sure everybody sees it. if there is anything else I can do, just give me a heads up! <br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/Archaeologyrocks101Remcohttps://www.facebook.com/Archaeologyrocks101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-29825326674519869942012-07-19T10:00:20.568+01:002012-07-19T10:00:20.568+01:00For those in the UK Bob's interview on Good Mo...For those in the UK Bob's interview on Good Morning Ulster is available to listen on iplayer 52 minutes into the programme on the 19/07:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cps5Iestyn Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-35457077960997887592012-07-18T21:50:20.293+01:002012-07-18T21:50:20.293+01:00Yeah I thought you were maybe having to watch what...Yeah I thought you were maybe having to watch what you said. Lets all hope they get the time and resources they deserve then.Stuart Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235927944739091909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-59582229828686828922012-07-18T21:46:39.700+01:002012-07-18T21:46:39.700+01:00Stuart,
I'm treading a fine line here at the m...Stuart,<br />I'm treading a fine line here at the minute & don't want to prejudice anything by 'naming and shaming'. All i'm willing to say at the moment is that the archaeologists on site are doing an amazing job, but they're running out of time to fully record this amazing siteRobert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-37301627782135813402012-07-18T21:40:20.160+01:002012-07-18T21:40:20.160+01:00What on earth? Er... so why is the time scale so t...What on earth? Er... so why is the time scale so tight? Who is doing the excavation? Is it a commercial team who have underestimated the cost/time in order to get the contract? I would be very surprised if it was CAF. What benefit is it to anyone that such a site gets a rushed and incomplete excavation? It's not like Crannog excavations are common. Surely the somebody from the EHS must step Stuart Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235927944739091909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-6314414042278250002012-07-18T19:52:26.551+01:002012-07-18T19:52:26.551+01:00wow, how amazing to have so much material from a c...wow, how amazing to have so much material from a crannog in fermanagh, quite a few in fermanagh have disappeared altogether, as this one was supposed to have, and more have produced little artefacts other than crannog pottery, it really must be preserved, i have emailed all the relevant politicians of the area and both local papers, hope it works<br />jacquiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com