After the main monk came and poked around the site, he said relax "the spirits are okay."
The locals all agreed as they want to work. Guess I was the only one concerned.
Anyway construction resumes!
Personally, I think a lot of this history is nothing more than folklore. Yes, it is true that the Burmese devasted much of this area over 400 years ago.
However, we have a numerous bricks evaluated by experts both Thai and 'falangs.' They all say that the bricks are only about 100-150 years old. So who really knows?