Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist

The British Museum holds 28 items identified as coming from Co Fermanagh, along with one each located to Fermanagh/Galway and Fermanagh/Tyrone. The majority of these (9) are assigned to the Early Bronze Age period (9). The most common object type represented are axes (7), followed by flat axes and spear-heads (5 each). Three material types are represented in this assemblage: Metal (21), Stone (8) and Pottery (1). < Table of Contents Neolithic: Stone item Enniskillen lozenge arrow-head 0.913 Flint lozenge arrow-head. http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1371175&partId=1 Neolithic/Bronze Age: Stone items Fermanagh axe St.128.b Polished stone axe; damaged butt. http://britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1366348&partId=1 Fermanagh hammer 19890301.143 Perforated stone hammerhead, chipped on blade, one end shaped like ham...

Image by RyanMinkoff - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74889821 I would like to take this opportunity to address the students of University College London (UCL) – especially those newly enrolled in classes and courses. Congratulations! You’re now members of the student body of an institution that bills itself as ‘London's Global University’. I’m sure you’ve had an exciting time since coming to University. So much to see and do – and all in the heart of London too! I’m sure there have been freshers events, clubs & societies days, tours of the campus, and all that barely-managed mayhem of beginning an exciting and potentially life-changing period of your life. In amongst all this excitement, I am sure there have been orientation events that have concentrated on class expectations and the basics of how the assessment systems work. You will, I can guarantee it, have been introduced to the world of Turnitin – the portal through wh...

John de Courcy arriving at Carrickfergus Castle (Photo: Author) When I first lodged a complaint of plagiarism against Prof Andrew Bevan and a number of his colleagues at UCL and University of Portsmouth I had no real idea where it was going to go [ read more here ]. I certainly had no inclination that it would leave me with the reputation as a staunch advocate for the rights of the plagiarised. Since the publication of that piece, I have been honoured to receive the trust of several researchers who have shared their experiences. I have attempted to listen with compassion and give the best, most constructive advice I possibly could. All the while my disgust at plagiarism and plagiarisers has only intensified and grown. It was in this guise that my dear friend, Dr Nic Wright, recently contacted me. He had been doing some light reading on John de Courcy, that well-known Anglo-Norman knight and general trouble maker who arrived in Ireland at the end of the 12th century and went on t...