Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

< 3D Images | Part II |  Part  III |  Part  IV |  Part V |  Part VI > Over the past few years I’ve attempted to get out on European Heritage Open Days and explore various parts of east and central Belfast. In turn, I’ve tried to present some of these heritage sites on this blog. For 2014 I got out to see more sites than I’d ever managed previously but, other than a brief note , I’ve not found the time to write up my experiences into blog posts. With the 2015 event fastapproaching , I’d better get on with it, consoling myself that, perhaps, leaving it this long may just provide sufficient inspiration for readers to get out and see some of these sites for themselves! The first place on my list in September 2014 was St Mark’s Dundela and I was immensely glad I’d chosen to go there. Coming in through the door I was immediately and warmly greeted by Jacqui D, a long-time family friend and chorister at St Mark’s, who offered me tea and a ...

European Heritage Open Days was held on the weekend of 13-14th September this year. I'm not sure of actual numbers of buildings that were open, but it was certainly impressive and there was a huge choice to be had around Belfast alone. I did my best to get out and see what I could. In all, I got out to see six properties and have several Gbs of photos and a small pile of semi-garbled notes. Again, this year, I decided to concentrate on locations in my adopted home of east Belfast, though I did make an excursion into Belfast city centre. In the fullness of time (read: in the next 8 to 12 months), I will attempt to get a few blog posts together to promote these beautiful buildings, to share them with the wider world, and (hopefully) convince a few people to come to Northern Ireland and experience these places for themselves. In the interim, I just wanted to share a few photos of the places I got to see. More importantly, I want to express my thanks to the organisers and to the sma...